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PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

AND THEIR LAPEL INSIGNIA 

COMPILED AND EDITED 

BY 

SYDNEY A. PHILLIPS » 

/ 

Illustrated by Reproduction of Complete Lapel Insignia 




BROADWAY PUBLLSHNG COMPANY 

835 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 

1914 



. 



Cefa*. 



COPTBIGHT, 1914, 
BY 

9YDNEY A. PHILLIPS 



i)EC2l 1914 



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THIS BOOK IS FRATERNALLY DEDICATED 
TO 



^I*» STATE S °Cl£Ty 



SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 



NOTE 

Names and addresses of Officers, location of Head- 
quarters, and other kindred matter could not be 
appropriately incorporated in the book. 

Bequests for such information are welcomed by the 
Author, and should be addressed to him in care of his 
publisher, at 835 Broadway, New York, 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

I wish to express my sincere thanks for 
the encouragement and assistance received 
from; 

LOUIS ANNTN AMES, Sons of the American Rev'n. 

COL. J. EDWIN BROWNE, Army and Navy Union of the 

U. S. of A. 
THEODORE FITCH", American Flag Assoc'n. 
MAJOR H. A. ARNOLD AND EDWARD WALLACE LEE, 

M. D., Association of Military Surgeons of the U. 8. 
ADJ. GEN. A. J. KELLEHER, Army of the Philippines. 
MRS. ELLIS LOGAN, Children of the Amer. Rev'n. 
DANIEL G. HASKINS, JR., Society of the Cincinnati. 
HENRY H. ANDREW, Union Soc. of the Civil War. 
MRS. L. H. RAINES, Southern Cross of Honor. 
MRS. MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER, Society of the Dames 

of the Rev'n. 
MRS. LYMAN B. SWORMSTEDT, Daughters of the Amer. 

Rev'n. 
GENERAL SOCIETY, Daughters of the Rev'n. 
MRS. WILLIAM GERRY SLADE, U. S. Daughters of 1812. 
MRS. CORNELIA BRANCH STONE, Daughters of the Re- 

ID'll'hT-i.C 1 - 0~f OP P-'7jCL8 

FREDERIC C. MADDEN, Order of the Dragon. 
GEORGE CLINTON BATCHELLER, LL.D., Founders and 

EPHRAIM B. STILLTNGS, FORMER ADJ. GEN., Grand 

Army of the Republic. 
MRS. HENRY F. DIMOCK, Geo. Washington Mem'l 

Assoc'n. 



6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

BREVET-LIEUT. COL. JOHN P. NICHOLSON, Mil. Order 

of the Loyal Legion. 
MAJOR WALTER THORN, Medal of Honor Legion. 
JAS. H. MORGAN AND DAVID BANKS, JR., Mil. Order 

of Foreign Wars. 
GEN. HORATIO C. KING, Mil. Order of the Medal of 

Honor. 
MRS. N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Nafl Society of Patriotic 

Women of America. 
ARTHUR H. DADMUN, U. S. Navy League. 
HENRY F. McCOLLUM, Nafl Ass'n Naval Vet's. 
N. Y. COMMANDERY, N. & M. Order Span.-Amer. War. 
DR. J. G. B. BULLOCH, Order of Washington. 
GEN. ANSON MILLS, Order of Indian Wars. 
CHAS. J. HEINZ, Order of the Serpent. 
CHAS. H. STEES, Patriotic Order, Sons of Amer. 
ADJ. GEN. EMIL WALTER, Reg. Army and Navy Union. 
MAJOR S. E. SMILEY, Society of the Army of Santiago de 

Cuba. 
HENRY RUSSEL DROWNE, Sons of the RevoVn. 
CAPTAIN JAS. S. WYCKOPF, Second Army Corps Ass y n. 
JOHN CADWALADER, through J. E. B. BUCKENHAM, 

M. D., Society of the War of 1812. 
GEORGE M. POLLTTT, Sons of Vet's of the U. S. A. 
JOSEPH L. KILLGORE, Union Ex. Prisoners of War. 
G. WAUSAN, (ADJ. GEN.) United Spanish War Vet's. 
WILLIAM E. MICKLE, (ADJ. GEN.), United Confederate 

Veterans. 
GEO. N. MACKENZIE, "The Ark & The Dove." 
LIEUT. RUFUS G. SHIRLEY, Mil Order of American 

Wars. 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

'American Revolution, Society of the Sons of the 11 — 14 

/Army and Navy Union of U. S. A 15 — 19 

/ Army of the Potomac, Society of the 20 — 22 

s American Flag Assoc'n 23 — 25 

Assoc'n of Mil. Surgeons of the U. S 26—29 

Army of the Philippines SO — 32 

Children of the Amer. RevoFn, Natl Soc'y of the.. 33—35 

Cincinnati, Society of the 36 — 42 

Civil War, The Union Soc'y of the 43 — 44 

Cross of Honor, Southern 45 

Dames of the Revolution, Soc'y of the 46 

Daughters of the Amer'n Revol'n, Nat'l Soc'y of the 47 — 52 

" " " Revolution 53 — 54 

Daughters of 1812, Nat'l Soc'y of U. S 55—60 

" of the Republic of Texas 61 

" " Confederacy, United 62—63 

Dragon, Imperial Order of the 64 — 65 

Founders and Patriots of America, Order of the.. 66 — 67 

Grand Army of the Republic 68 — 69 

George Washington Memor'l Assoc'n 70 — 71 

Loyal Legion of the U. S., Mil. Order of the 72 — 75 

Medal of Honor Legion of the U. S. of A 76 — 78 

Military Order of Foreign Wars of the U. S 79—83 

" the Medal of Honor S4— S6 

National Soc'y of Patriotic Women of America S7 — S9 

Navy League of the U. S 90—92 

Naval Veterans of U. S. of A., Nat'l Assoc'n of 93 — i>5 

" & Mil. Order of the Span.-Amer. War 9&— 9S 

7 



8 CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Order of Washington 99—100 

" " Indian Wars of the U. S . . 101—102 

MiL Order of the Serpent, etc 103—107 

Patriotic Order, Sons of America 108 — 110 

Reg. Army & Navy Union of the U. S. of A 111—113 

Santiago de Cuba, Soc'y of the Army of 114 — 115 

Sons of the Revolution 116—118 

Second Army Corps Assoc'n 119 — 120 

Soc'y of the War of 1812, etc 121—124 

Sons of Veterans, U. S. of A 125—126 

Society of American Wars of the U. S ■ 127 — 129 

Union Ex-Prisoners of War, etc 130—131 

United Spanish War Veterans 132 

Confederate Veterans 133—135 

Washington Headquarters Assoc'n 136 — 137 

"The Ark " and " The Dove " 138 

Addenda 139—140 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 

This little volume has been planned to pre- 
sent in comprehensive but compact form, the his- 
tories of a large majority of the patriotic societies, 
the record of their origin, their purposes, and 
their standards of membership. I can say, with 
due modesty, I am not aware that any similar 
volume now exists. 

It is hoped that the wide distribution of such 
a work, in giving information to the general 
public as to the character and purpose of these 
societies, will foster the spirit of patriotism and 
further the interest of citizens in the historic 
deeds of their ancestors. 

There can be too much legislation; too much 
political agitation; never too much patriotism. 

Most of the material which has made this 
little book possible has been furnished me by the 
Societies themselves, for which I am deeply grate- 
ful; likewise for the words of encouragement. 

The informal lapel insignia reproduced in this 
work were inserted from a feeling that it would 
give the book a greater completeness and interest. 
9 



10 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 

There are a few omissions, naturally, in cases 
where no data or insignia could be obtained. 

My particular thanks are due Mrs. Bertha 
Hall Talbot for information supplied. 

Also to Lieut. Rufus G. Shirley for valuable 
suggestions and for his cordial interest in the 
work. 

Sydney A. Phillips. 
New York, 

.October, 1914. 



SOCIETY OF THE SONS 

OF THE 

AMERICAN REVOLUTION 



Preamble. 



The Sons of the American Revolution, a pa- 
triotic Society, whose membership has always 
been based upon lineal descent from participants 
in the American Revolution, w T as first organized 
in the State of California, in the year 1875, as 
The Sons of Revolutionary Sires. A National 
organization was formed April 30, 1889, by the 
union of co-equal State Societies under the name 
of The Sons of the American Revolution. The 
Society in the State of New York was organized 
February n, 1890, and incorporated April 8, 
1895, under the name "The Empire State Society 
of the Sons of the American Revolution". Now, 
therefore, pursuant to the Laws of said State, the 
members of said Society do hereby ordain and 
enact the following : 

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12 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Name. 

This Society shall be known as "The Empire 
State Society of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion". Its Headquarters shall be in the City of 
New York. 

Objects. 

The objects of this Society shall be to per- 
petuate the memory of the men who, by their 
services or sacrifices during the War of the Am- 
erican Revolution, achieved the Independence of 
the American People; to promote fellowship 
among their descendants; to inspire a more pro- 
found reverence for the principles of the govern- 
ment founded by our forefathers; to acquire and 
preserve the records of the individual services or 
sacrifices of the patriots of that War, as well as 
documents, relics and landmarks; to encourage 
historical research in relation to the American 
Revolution and the study of American History; 
to mark the scenes of that Revolution by appro- 
priate memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries 
of the prominent events of that War; to foster 
true patriotism; to maintain and extend the in- 
stitutions of American freedom and to carry out 
the purposes expressed in the Preamble to the 
Constitution of our Country and the injunctions 
of Washington in his farewell address to the 
American People. 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 13 
National Society, 

This Society shall form a part of The Nation- 
al Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 
It recognizes all other societies of the Sons of the 
American Revolution as co-equal bodies and their 
members as compatriots, entitled to receive from 
this Society such information, assistance and fra- 
ternal consideration as may best promote our 
common objects and purposes. 

The rosette shall be seven-sixteenths of an 
inch in diameter, of usual pattern, displaying the 
colors of the Society, blue, white and buff, and 
may be worn by all members at discretion in the 
upper left-hand button-hole of the coat. 
Membership. 

Any man shall be eligible to membership in 
this Society, who, being of the age of twenty-one 
years or over, and a desirable associate, and a 
citizen of good repute in the community, is the 
lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all 
times unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered 
actual service in the cause of American Indepen- 
dence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, 
militia-man or minute man, in the armed forces 
of the Continental Congress or of any one of the 
several colonies or states, or as a signer of the 
Declaration of Independence, or as a member of 
the Committee of Safety or Correspondence, or as 



14 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

a member of any continental, provincial or colo- 
nial congress or legislature, during the period of 
the American Revolution, or as a recognized 
patriot, who performed actual service by overt 
acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain. 



ARMY AND NAVY UNION 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 



Organized li 



THE principle upon which an organization 
of Veterans of our Military Establishment was 
formed under Articles of Incorporation, signed 
by J. J. Fusner, J. W. John, C. G. Boyle, D. Irvin 
and T. Eschlepp, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was first 
exemplified in the Society of the Cincinnati, which 
came to life in the early dawn of our Nation's 
history, and has since been perpetuated by the 
descendants of the original members of that So- 
ciety. Other organizations were founded upon 
similar principles, including the "General Society 
of the War of 1812," the "Grand Army of the 
Republic," "Order of Indian Wars" and "Vet- 
erans of Foreign Wars of the United States." 
Each of these accepted only certain Veterans, and 
closed the door against others who had offered 
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16 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

their lives upon their country's altar, but who had 
not been so fortunate as to meet with the require- 
ments for membership to these various Bodies. 

The history of the Army and Navy 
Union dates from March 31, 1888, when the 
above named Veterans of our United States Army 
were granted Articles of Incorporation for a Cor- 
poration to be known as the Regular Army Union 
of the United States of America. During the 
twenty years of its existence the name of the 
Organization has been subject to various changes, 
in order that all members and ex-members of the 
Regular and Volunteer forces of the United States 
might be afforded a certain recognition for their 
services. The Articles of Incorporation have been 
amended from time to time to conform with these 
changes, and in their present form embrace 
copies of Resolutions that authorized in the Order 
mentioned the following names: "Regular Army 
Union, " "Regular Army and Navy Union" and 
"Army and Navy Union of the United States of 
America, " the latter having been adopted by a 
unanimous vote of the National Corps in encamp- 
ment assembled at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1901. 

The Army and Navy Union was founded by 
the rank and file of the Military Establishment 
of our nation by men not gifted with extraordin- 
ary brilliancy, not possessed of display talents, 
yet they used faithfully and persistently, honestly 
and couragaeously the substantial talents which 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMFRICA. 17 

were given them, and in the faithful use of these 
accomplished the tasks set before them. 

The liberal ideas of its leaders are demons- 
trated by the steady progress and development of 
the Organization. Their triumph, after years of 
adversity, has bequeathed to Veterans a Charter 
that is perpetual, broad and liberal in character, 
and a factor in Military and Naval affairs, by 
reason of the Organization that supports it. It 
was made possible for those who served under 
the Flag, who formerly traversed the country as 
strangers, to go where they will and be received 
with the comradeship and good will such as only 
the true Soldier and Sailor knows how to extend. 

The Army and Navy Union is conceded the 
broadest and most liberal of Veteran Organiza- 
tions. Its membership is not limited to any 
particular war or service, but includes all who 
have served honorably under our Dear Old Flag. 
Its ranks are filled with Veterans of all wars, and 
include the young man who today is serving his 
first enlistment in the Army, Navy or Marine 
Corps. Names on its roll recall memories of 
Buena Vista, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Appomat- 
tox, Hartford's fore-c'sle and the Oregon's race 
around the Horn; of Manilla, Santiago and the 
fever-stricken camps of the South, one name, (the 
lone survivor) recalls Custer's last fight and the 
hardships on the Plains. 



18 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Perpetual Charter. 

Under the provisions of the Articles of Incor- 
poration, the Army and Navy Union is perpetual 
and ever-living, and will be on hand as the years 
roll by to place the "laurel wreath" on the graves 
of our Veterans of the Grand Army, as it will 
on the graves of our Veterans of the Spanish- 
American War, (they who represented a re- 
united nation on battlefield and battleship). 

Aims and Objects. 

Aims to defend and elevate the social and 
material standing of officers and enlisted men, 
encourages and abets legislation in their behalf, 
as well as for those Veterans who have returned to 
civil life; it cares for its sick, buries its dead, 
extends a helping hand, pecuniary and otherwise, 
as may be necessary, is a factor in the perpetuation 
of patriotism, and aims to ever bear in the fore- 
most rank of citizenship the same record of self- 
sacrifice, unselfishness, the love for humanity and 
devotion to duty each member displayed by heroic 
deeds in the face of the enemies of his country, — 
the younger Veterans striving in the interest of 
their older Comrades, — all united in one desire 
to see every member who served his country co- 
operating with his Comrade in active service, 
that all may enjoy the same freedom and liberty 
in the shadow of the Stars and Stripes. Stands 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 19 

for a full measure on the part of all our citizen- 
ship, and for a like full appreciation on the part 
of our nation for all patriotic service and sacri- 
fice, and ultimately to make Fraternity a national 
anthem, Charity a national virtue, and Loyalty a 
national hymn. 

'Miscellaneous. 

The Army and Navy Union has a distinctive 
uniform, badge and button. Its signs, grips and 
pass-words are fully exemplified, so that Com- 
rades may recognize each other. A complete 
descriptive record of members is kept at National 
Headquarters, through which former Comrades 
may learn of each other's whereabouts. The 
badge of the Army and Navy Union is authorized 
to be worn by men in active service who are mem- 
bers in their own right. 



SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE 
POTOMAC. 

CONSTITUTION. 

As adopted at the Meeting of the Society held at Steinway 

Hall, New York, Monday and Tuesday, July 5 

and 6, 1869, and subsequently amended. 



Article I. 



Sec. i. — This Association shall be Known by 
the name and title of "THE SOCIETY OF THE 
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC," and shall in- 
clude every officer and enlisted man who has at 
any time served with honor in that Army and been 
honorably discharged therefrom, or remains in 
service in the regular Army, who shall have given 
his assent to the Constitution and By-Laws of the 
Society, and paid his initiation fee. It shall also 
include all officers and men serving on vessels 
which, during the war, were in active and imme- 
diate co-operation with the Army of the Potomac 
and who were honorably discharged therefrom or 
remain in the regular service, and who shall have 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 21 

given their assent to the Constitution and By- 
Laws of the Society and paid their initiation fee. 
Sec. 2. — Honorary members may, from time 
to time, be elected from those who have served 
with distinction in any of the other Armies, or in 
the Navy of the United States, and also from 
those who have acted as Orators and Poets at the 
Annual Re-Unions. 

Article II. 

The object of this Society shall be to cherish 
the memories and associations of the Army of 
the Potomac; to strengthen the ties of fraternal 
fellowship and sympathy formed from companion- 
ship in that Army; to perpetuate the name and 
fame of those who have fallen either on the field 
of battle or in the line of duty with that Army; 
to collect and preserve the record of its great 
achievements, its numerous and well-contested 
battles, its campaigns, marches, and skirmishes. 

Amendment to Article I. 

Lineal male descendants of members of the 
Society of the Army of the Potomac and of de- 
ceased honorably discharged soldiers of the Army 
of the Potomac, who shall be of full age, shall be 
eligible for membership in this Society as second- 
class members, and shall be entitled to all the 



22 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

privileges of membership save that of voting. The 
Executive Committee shall provide a badge and 
ribbon for second-class members distinct from 
that worn by first-class members. 



THE AMERICAN FLAG ASSOCIATION. 

Planned July 15, 1897, and completely Organized Feb. 
18, 1898. 



A meeting of the representatives of several 
of the Flag Committee was held at the Hotel 
Normandie in the City of New York, on the 15th 
day of July, 1897, at which meeting this Associa- 
tion was determined upon and steps taken to that 
end. Meetings followed in the Autumn of that 
year. The formal organization of the Associa- 
tion was completed at a mass meeting of all the 
Flag Committees, held at City Hall in New York 
City, February 18, 1898. The Association is a 
Society of individual members, and is also a union 
of Flag Committees of the Patriotic Societies 
of the United States. It aims at the fostering 
of public sentiment in favor of honoring the Flag 
of our country, and preserving it from desecra- 
tion, and seeks to co-ordinate the efforts of all 
the Flag Committees and its other members, to 
enable all to co-operate in the common cause. 

Any patriotic citizen can become a member 
of the Association. 

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24 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

It is not claimed that this Association is the 
pioneer in the work on which it is engaged. But 
the first successful work of obtaining legislation 
has been done by this Association and by the 
Flag Committees of which it is composed, and the 
Association has secured legislation to that end, 
in Maine (1899), New Hampshire (1899), Ver- 
mont (1898), Massachusetts (1899), Rhode 
Island (1903), Connecticut (1899), New York 
(1905), New Jersey (1904), Pennsylvania 
(1897), Delaware (1903), Maryland (1902), 
Ohio (1902), Michigan (1901), Indiana 
(1901), Illinois (1899), Wisconsin (1901), 
Minnesota ( 1899), South Dakota (1 901), North 
Dakota (1901), Montana (1905), Wyoming 
(1905), Idaho (1905), Iowa (1900), Missouri 
(1903), Kansas (1905), Nebraska (1903), 
Colorado (1901), Utah (1903), Arizona 
(1899), California (1899), Oregon (1901), 
Washington (1904), Porto Rico (1904), and 
Nevada ( 1907) . The government of the United 
States has also forbidden the use of the Flag in 
registration of trade marks. The Supreme Court 
of the United States in February, 1907, affirmed 
the constitutionality of Flag legislation by the 
different States, and the right to make criminal 
all acts of desecration of the Flag. 

The objects sought invite the work, zeal and 
enthusiasm of every Patriotic Society and indi- 
vidual. The Flag of our Country should appeal 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 25 

to the noblest sentiments of the American heart; 
and the greed for gain, which induces the use of 
the Flag for purposes of advertisement, and the 
many forms of desecration to which it has been 
subjected, call for united and tireless effort in 
advancing the work of this Association. 

On the 1 2th of April 1910, a most promising 
hearing was had before the judiciary committee 
of the House of Representatives, concerning fed- 
eral legislation, and it is confidently hoped that 
this will result in an act of the national congress 
to protect the Flag, uniformly applying to the 
whole iand, or at least covering all United States 
territory not within the States. 

Patriotic Societies not yet in the Association 
are invited to appoint Flag Committees of thirteen 
members, more or less, and to apply to the Exe- 
cutive Committee or to the Association for admis- 
sion in accordance with the Plan of Organization. 



ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY SURGEONS 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Incorporated by Act of Congress. 



Objects and Aims of the Association. 

While the Association endeavors to promote 
and develop Military and Naval Medicine, Sur- 
gery and Hygiene in every possible way, it 
particularly aims to elevate them — 

1. By the Mutual Inspiration and improve- 
ment to be derived from the prompt publication, 
in accessible and attractive form, of the work of 
active practical military medical officers. 

2. By Quickening the Development of Mili- 
tary and Naval Medicine and Surgery through 
the constant agitation of all topics pertaining to 
them. 

3. By the Creation of a Living and Growing 
Body of Military Medical Literature, available 
as a standard for permanent consultation and 
reference. 

4. By the Provision of an Appreciative Audi- 
ence, — not only in those members attending its 
meetings, but in the much larger number repre- 

26 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 27 

sented in the readers of its publications, — for the 
presentation of advances, improvements, investi- 
gations and discoveries in Military and Naval 
medicine, surgery, sanitation and equipment. 

5. By Providing a Reciprocal Interchange of 
Views and Ideas between the medical officers of 
various nations and, as well, between the national 
and states services, — which cannot fail to be of 
advantage to both. 

6. By encouraging Mutual Acquaintance be- 
tween Medical Officers and the combination with 
professional relations, of that social quality, which 
is so uniformly a stimulus to scientific growth. 

7. By Preserving a Medico-Military Esprit 
de Corps, the existence of which shall insure scien- 
tific enthusiasm and unity of action in matters 
involving the welfare of the medical department 
in all military organization. 

8. By Maintaining the Military Position of 
the Medical Officer upon an equality in rank, 
authority, autonomy and initiative with that of all 
other officers. 

9. By Cultivating and Maintaining an Inter- 
national Community of Interest, by which the 
service of the sick and wounded, which knows no 
civic boundaries and acknowledges no national 
limits, may be equalized, elaborated and perfected 
throughout the civilized world. 

10. By Stimulating Legislation Beneficial to 
the Medical Department of both national and 



28 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

state military and naval establishments, and for- 
warding the organization of the medical staff in 
the various states upon a healthy basis, indepen- 
dent of the caprice of commanding officers. 

ii. By Promoting a Constant Condition of 
Readiness for Duty in the medical departments of 
all services, and thus providing a factor in future 
hostilities that will vastly reduce the suffering and 
diminish the mortality of the commands in which 
members of the Association may be engaged. 
Insignia of the Association. 

The Insignia of the Association, the wearing 
of which was authorized by the Act of Incorpora- 
tion upon the uniforms of officers who are 
members of the Association are among the most 
effective military decorations ever devised. 

The Badge consists of a gold bordered red 
cross upon which is superimposed a white shield 
bearing the shield of the coat of arms of the 
United States in red, white, blue and gold, sur- 
rounded by the motto of the Association, "Omnia 
pro patriae caritate." The cross is worn suspend- 
ed by a red white and red moire ribbon upon the 
left breast of the uniform or civilian evening dress. 

The Button to be worn by, members upon the 
lapel of the civilian coat, consists of a Geneva 
red cross upon a field of white surrounded by a 
circumferential band of blue bearing the motto 
of the Association, "Omnia pro patriae caritate" 
in letters of gold. 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 29 

Members may obtain the Badge and the But- 
ton from the Treasurer only. The insignia are 
copyrighted and their use or manufacture by 
others than the Association is prohibited by law. 

Attendance Upon Meetings not a Necessity. 

While no member should deprive himself of 
the pleasure of attendance upon the annual meet- 
ings when practicable, such attendance is by no 
means essential to the enjoyment of the principal 
advantages of the Association. The exigencies 
of the public service and of professional work 
naturally prevent the personal engagement of 
many of the members in the yearly conventions, 
but, through the papers and communications for- 
warded to be read in its sessions and, above all, 
by reading and contributing to its publications, 
they receive ample opportunity to participate in 
its work. 



ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 



Origin of the Organization. 

Immediately after his return from the Philip- 
pines, Brig.-Gen. Irving Hale, U. S. V., conceived 
the idea of a Society, to be made up of men who 
saw service in the Philippines. He called a meet- 
ing at Denver, Colo., August 13, 1900, the 
anniversary of the taking of Manila. One thou- 
sand men responded to the call, and the National 
Society, Army of the Philippines, was born. 



Constitution. 

Preamble. 

We, officers and enlisted men and honorably 
discharged officers and enlisted men of the Army 
of the Philippines, hereby unite to establish this 
association, the chief aims of which shall be the 
perpetuation of the ties of friendship between the 
individuals and organizations of the Army of the 
Philippines, honoring the memories of those who 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 31 

gave their lives for the flag, and preserving the 
history and relics of the memorable campaign in 
the Philippine Islands. 

'Article I. 

Section i. This organization shall be 
known as the Army of the Philippines. 

Section 2. This organization shall include 
every officer and enlisted man in the military 
service of the United States, or with honorable 
discharge from the same, who has served honor- 
ably at any time from the beginning of the war 
with Spain, to the Fourth of July, 1902, and such 
other men as saw service in Mindanao, Samar or 
Jolo, previous to March 30th, 1906, in the Army 
of the Philippines, either in the Volunteers, or 
in the Regular Establishment, anc' shall have given 
assent to the Constitution and By-Laws of this 
organization. It shall also include all United 
States officers and enlisted men who at the time 
served on vessels which, during the Spanish War, 
co-operated with the troops in the Philippine 
Islands, or have served since that time, and pre- 
vious to July 4th, 1902, in the waters of the 
Philippine Archipelago, and shall have given as- 
sent to the Constitution and By-Laws of this or- 
ganization. 

Section 3. Honorary members may be 
elected by a majority vote of the members present. 



32 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 
Article II. 

Political and other discussions at variance with 
the principles of this organization as set forth in 
the Preamble are forbidden. 



NATIONAL SOCIETY 

OF THE 

CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION. 



Name. 



The National Society of the Child- 
ren of the American Revolution was incorporated 
April ii, 1895, under the laws of Congress 
applicable to the District of Columbia, and its 
headquarters are in Washington. 

Object. 

The object of this Society shall be the acquisi- 
tion of knowledge of American history; to help 
to preserve the places made sacred by the men 
and women who forwarded American Independ- 
ence; to ascertain the deeds and honor the mem- 
ories of children and youth who rendered service 
during the American Revolution; to promote the 
celebration of all patriotic anniversaries; to hold 



34 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

our American flag sacred above every other flag 
on earth; and to love, uphold, and extend the 
institutions of American liberty and patriotism, 
and the principles that made and saved our 
Country. 

'Membership. 

Section i. Any girl under eighteen years or 
boy under twenty-one years of age may be eligible 
for membership in this society who is lineally de- 
scended from a man or woman who with unfailing 
loyalty rendered material aid to the cause of 
American Independence as a soldier, sailor, civil 
officer, or recognized patriot in one of the several 
colonies or states, or of the United Colonies or 
States. 

Section 2. There shall be two methods of 
joining this society: First, the application papers 
in duplicate, showing descent from and Revolu- 
tionary service of the ancestor from whom the 
claim to membership is to be made may be sent 
to the National Register. Such applicant when 
accepted by the National Borrd and the dues paid 
shall be known as a member-at-large, and may 
become a member of a local society at any time 
by filing a copy of the application papers with the 
local register. Second, application may be made 
to the local president who will send the papers 
to the National Register for approval. No appli- 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 35 

cant can become a member unless the papers 
are approved by the National Register, the dues 
paid, and the applicant duly elected by the 
National Board. 

Dues. 

The annual dues of members shall be fifty 
cents, and must be paid in advance on or before 
the first day of February of each year. The entire 
dues of members-at-large shall be paid to the 
National Treasurer. One-half the annual dues 
of members of local societies shall be sent to the 
National Treasurer and one-half retained in the 
local treasury. The annual dues of applicants 
must be sent to the National Treasurer at the 
same time that the application for membership is 
forwarded to the National Register. In case 
the applicant is not accepted the fee will be re- 
turned. 



SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 



The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati. 
Proposals for establishing a Society, upon 
principles therein mentioned, whose members shall 
be officers of the American Army, who in con- 
junction with the general officers, should take the 
same into consideration at their meeting this day, 
at which the Hon. Major Gen. Baron de Steuben, 
senior officer present, was pleased to preside. 
(May 10, 1783.) The proposals being read, 
fully considered, amendments agreed to, Maj. 
Gen. Knox, Brig.-Gen. Hand, Brig.-Gen. Hunting- 
ton and Captain Shaw, were chosen to revise 
same and to prepare a copy to be laid before this 
assembly, at their next meeting on Tuesday, 13th 
May, 1783. 

"The Following Principles shall be Immutable 
and Form the Basis of the Society of the. 

Cincinnati!* 

"An incessant attention to preserve inviolate 
those exalted rights and liberties of human nature, 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 37 

for which they have fought and bled, and without 
which the high rank of a rational being is a curse 
instead of a blessing. 

"An unalterable determination to promote and 
cherish between the respective States, that union 
and national honor so essentially necessary to their 
happiness, and the future dignity of the American 
Empire. 

"To render permanent the cordial affection 
sub-sisting among the officers: This spirit will 
dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and par- 
ticularly, extend to the most substantial acts of 
beneficence, according to the ability of the Society, 
towards those officers and their families, who 
unfortunately may be under the necessity of re- 
ceiving it. 

"All the officers of the American army, as 
well as those who have resigned with honor, after 
three years* service in the capacity of officers, or 
who have been deranged by the resolution of 
Congress upon the several reforms of the army, 
as those who shall have continued to the end of the 
war, have the right to become parties to this 
institution; provided that they subscribe one 
month's pay, and sign their names to the general 
rules, in their respective State Societies, those who 
are present with the Army immediately; and 
others within six months after the Army shall be 
disbanded, extraordinary cases excepted; the rank, 
time of service, resolution of Congress by which 



38 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

any have been deranged, and place of residence 
must be added to each name — and as a testimony 
of affection to the memory and the offspring of 
such officers as have died in the service, their 
eldest male branches shall have the same right 
of becoming members, as the children of the actual 
members of the Society. 

"Those officers who are foreigners, not resi- 
dent in any of the States will have their names 
enrolled by the Secretary-General, and are to be 
considered as members in the Societies of any of 
the States in which they may happen to be. 

"And as there are, and will at all times be, men 
in the respective States eminent for their abilities 
and patriotism, whose views may be directed to 
the same laudable objects, with those of the Cin- 
cinnati, it shall be a rule to admit such characters, 
as Honorary Members of the Society, for their 
own lives only: Provided always, that the num- 
ber of Honorary Members, in each State does rot 
exceed a ratio of one to four of the officers or 
their descendants. 

"Each State Society shall obtain a list of its 
members, and at the first annual meeting, the 
State Secretary shall have engrossed, on parch- 
ment, two copies of the Institution of the Society, 
which every member present shall sign, and the 
Secretary shall endeavor to procure the signature 
of every absent member; one of those lists to be 
transmitted to the Secretary-General, to be kept in 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 39 

the archives of the Society, and the other to re- 
main in the hands of the State Secretary. From the 
State lists, the Secretary-General must make out, 
at the first general meeting, a complete list of the 
whole Society, with a copy of which he will furnish 
each State Society. 

"The Society shall have an Order, by which 
its members shall be known and distinguished, 
which shall be a medal of gold, of a proper size 
to receive the emblems, and suspended by a deep 
blue riband two inches wide, edged with white 
descriptive of the union of France and America, 
viz: 

The Principle Figure, Cincinnatus: 

Three Senators presenting him with a sword 
and other military ensigns — on a field in the back- 
ground, his wife standing at the door of their 
cottage — near it a plough and instruments of hus- 
bandry. Round the whole, Omnia Reliquit 
Servare Rempublicam. On the reverse, sun ris- 
ing — a city with open gates, and vessels entering 
the port. — Fame crowning Cincinnatus with a 
wreath inscribed, Virtutis Praemium. Below- 
Hands joined, supporting a heart, with the motto, 
Esto Perpetua. Round the whole, Societas 

ClNCINNATORUM INSTITUTA, A. D. 1 7 83." 

The Society, deeply impressed with a sense of 
the generous assistance this country has received 



40 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

from France, and desirous of perpetuating the 
friendships which have been formed, and so hap- 
pily subsisted, between the officers of the allied 
forces in the prosecution of the war, direct that the 
President-General transmit, as soon as may be, 
to each of the characters hereafter named, a 
medal containing the Order of the Society, viz: 

His Excellency the Chevalier de la Luzerne, 

Minister Plenipotentiary, 
His Excellency the Sieur Gerard, late Minister 

Plenipotentiary, 
Their Excellencies The CounrfD'Estaing, 
The Count de Grasse, 
The Count de Barras, 
The Chevalier des Touches, 

Admirals and Commanders in the Navy. 
His Execellency the Count de Rochambeau, Com- 
mander in Chief, 

And the Generals and Colonels of his army, 
and acquaint them, that the Society does itself the 
honor to consider them members. 

Resolved, that a copy of the aforegoing Insti- 
tution be given to the senior officer of each State 
line, and that the officers of the respective State 
lines sign their names to the same, in manner and 
form following, viz : 

"We the subscribers, officers of the American 
army, do hereby voluntarily become parties to 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 41 

the foregoing Institution, and do bind ourselves 
to observe, and be governed by, the principles 
therein contained. For the performance whereof 
we do solemnly pledge to each other our sacred 
honor. 

"Done in the Cantonment on Hudson's River, 
in the year 1783." 

The Rules of 1$ 54. 

At the Triennial meeting of the General 
Society held in the City of Baltimore, 18th May, 
1854, the following resolutions respecting the 
succession and admission of members were un- 
animously adopted: 

1 — "Resolved, that each State Society shall 
have the full right and power to regulate the 
admission of members, both as to the qualifica- 
tions of members and the terms of admission. 
Provided, that admission be confined to the male 
descendants of original members (including colla- 
teral branches as contemplated by the original 
Constitution), or as to the male descendants of 
such officers of the Army and Navy as may have 
been entitled to admission, but who failed to avail 
themselves thereof within the time limited by the 
Constitution, or to the male descendants of such 
officers of the Army and Navy of the Revolutions 
as may have resigned with honor, or left the ser- 



42 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

vice with reputation, or to the male collateral 
relative of any officer who died in service without 
having issue. 

2 — "Resolved, that the male descendants of 
those who were members of State Societies which 
have been dissolved, may be admitted into exist- 
ing State Societies upon such terms as those 
Societies may think proper and prescribe. 

3 — "Resolved, that the foregoing resolutions 
be proposed to the several State Societies and their 
assent be requested thereto ; and upon such assent 
being given by each of the remaining Societies, the 
Secretary-General shall issue notice thereof to each 
Society, and thereupon the said resolutions shall 
become operative and each State Society shall be 
at liberty to act upon the power given thereby." 

At the Special meeting of the General Society 
held in the City of Trenton on the 22d May, 1856, 
at which neither the Rhode Island nor the New 
York State Society was represented, it was unani- 
mously 

"Resolved, that the resolution adopted at the 
last Triennial meeting, requiring the assent of the 
several State Societies to the resolutions in rela- 
tion to the admission of members, as the condition 
on which the said resolutions shall become opera- 
tive, be and the same is hereby repealed." 



THE UNION SOCIETY OF THE CIVIL 
WAR. 



Objects. 

The objects of this Society shall be to per- 
petuate the memory of those loyal officials who, 
outside the military and naval service of the 
United States, rendered invaluable aid and assist- 
ance to the national government and Union cause 
during the Civil War. 

To invite and promote fellowship amongst 
them and their descendants ; to encourage histori- 
cal research in relation to the Civil War period; 
to acquire and preserve the records of the indivi- 
dual services of loyal Union officials of the War; 
as well as documents, relics and landmarks; to 
foster true patriotism ; to maintain and extend the 
institutions of American freedom. 

Membership. 

Section i. Any loyal Union man who, be- 
tween April 12th, 1861, and April 9th, 1865, 
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44 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 

served as President, Vice-President, Justice of the 
Supreme Court, Cabinet Officer, Minister Pleni- 
potentiary abroad, Senator, Member of the House 
of Representatives, Special Commissioner, or 
Executive Secretary of the United States; Loyal 
Governor of Loyal State, Lieutenant-Governor, 
Commissioned Officer of Governor's Military 
Staff, President of State Senate, Speaker of State 
House of Representatives, Executive Secretary, 
State Exective Councillor, Commissioned Officer 
of State Provost Marshal's Department, on re- 
cruiting duty for United States volunteer service; 
State Military Agent, member of Commission, 
Board of Committee appointed by Governor to aid 
and assist in matters connected with national pro- 
tection and defense; United States Military or 
Provisional Governor of Secession State. 

Where the word State is used, Territory is 
also implied. 

Any man twenty-one years of age is eligible 
for membership who is descended from any of the 
foregoing classes, provided that he may be found 
worthy. 



SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR. 



The idea of the Southern Cross of Honor to 
be given by the United Daughters of the Confed- 
eracy to the veterans and descendants of deceased 
Confederate soldiers and sailors originated with 
Mrs. Mary Ann Cobb Erwin, Athens, Ga. 

The Veterans and the oldest lineal descen- 
dants of veterans can receive the Cross of Honor 
on the same date of bestowal. If there is no lineal 
descendant of a Veteran, or, in case that the oldest 
lineal descendant does not desire the Cross, the 
widow of a veteran may receive the Cross, by 
presenting with her application, written avowal 
of such descendant, that he or she waives the right 
to the Cross, provided said widow be a Confed- 
erate woman, who has endured the hardships and 
privations of the period from "Sixty-one to Sixty- 
five." 

Crosses may be granted by the muster role of 
the nearest camp, U. C. V., and to confederate 
veterans who are not members of a camp, who 
can give the required proof of eligibility, attested 
by two veterans who are members of a camp. 
45 



SOCIETY OF THE DAMES OF THE 
REVOLUTION. 



The Society of the Dames of the Revolution 
was incorporated under the laws of New York 
State, and organized in June, 1896. 

Objects. 

Patriotic, historical, literary, benevolent, so- 
cial, and the perpetuation of the memories of 
those honored ancestors to whose sacrifices and 
labors we owe the existence of this great republic. 

Eligibility. 

Ancestral eligibility to the Society is lineal 
descent from an officer in the War of the Revolu- 
tion (April 19th, 1775 — April 19th, 1783.) 



NATIONAL SOCIETY 

OF THE 

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION. 



Name and Membership. 

The name of this Society shall be the NA- 
TIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS 
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

All persons duly qualified, who have been re- 
gularly admitted by the National Board of 
Management, shall be members of the National 
Society, but for purposes of convenience they may 
be organized into local Chapters as hereinafter 
provided. 

Objects of the Society. 

The objects of this Society are: 

( i.) To perpetuate the memory of the spirit 
of the men and women who achieved Ameri- 
can Independence, by the acquisition and pro- 
tection of historical spots, and the erection of 
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48 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

monuments ; by *the encouragement of historical 
research in relation to the Revolution and the 
publication of its results; by the preservation of 
•documents and relics, and of the records of the 
individual services of Revolutionary Soldiers and 
patriots, and by the promotion of celebrations of 
all patriotic anniversaries. 

(2.) To carry out the Injunction of Wash- 
ington in his farewell address to the American 
people. 

(3.) To cherish, maintain, and extend the 
institutions of American freedom. 

Eligibility and Admission. 

Any woman may be eligible for membership 
who is of the age of eighteen years, and who is 
descended from a man or woman, who with un- 
failing loyalty, rendered material aid to the cause 
of Independence; from a recognized patriot, a 
soldier, or sailor or civil officer, in one of the 
several Colonies or States, or of the United 
Colonies or States; provided the applicant be 
acceptable to the Society. 

Every applicant for membership must be en- 
dorsed by at least one member of the National 
Society, and her application shall then be sub- 
mitted to the Register Central, who shall report 
on the question of eligibility to the General Board 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 49 

of Management, when the question of admission 
shall be voted on by the Board of ballot, and if a 
majority of said Board approves such application, 
the applicant, after payment of the initiation fee, 
shall be enrolled as a member of the National 
Society. 

All persons whose applications were approved 
on or before October n, 1891, are charter mem- 
bers of the National Society. 

T Act of Incorporation. 

H.R. 3553- 
Fifty-Fourth Congress of the United States of America. 

At the First Session begun and held at the City 
of Washington on the second day of December, 
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. 

(Public No. 19.) 

An act to Incorporate the National Society of the Daughters 
of the American Revolution. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- 
presentatives of the United States of America in 
Congress assembled, that Mary Parke Foster, 
(Mrs. John W .Foster), of Indiana; Mary Vir- 
ginia Ellet Cabell, (Mrs. D. Cabell), of Virginia; 
Helen Mason Boynton, (Mrs. Henry V. Boyn- 
ton), of Ohio; Henrietta Greely, (Mrs. A. W. 



60 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Greely), and their associates and successors, are 
hereby created a body corporate and politic, in the 
District of Columbia, by the name of the National 
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu- 
tion, for patriotic, historical, and educational 
purposes; to perpetuate the memory and spirit of 
the men and women who achieved American Inde- 
pendence; by the acquisition and protection of 
historical spots and the erection of monuments; by 
the encouragement of historical research in rela- 
tion to the Revolution and the publication of its 
results; by the preservation of documents and 
relics, and of the records of the individual services 
of revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the 
promotion of Celebrations of all patriotic anniver- 
saries; to carry out the injunction of Washington 
in his farewell address to the American people, 
"to promote, as an object of primary importance, 
institutions for the general diffusion of know- 
ledge," thus developing an enlightened public 
opinion and affording to young and old such 
advantages as shall develop in them the largest 
capacity for performing the duties of American 
citizens; to cherish, maintain, and extend the 
institutions of American freedom; to foster true 
patriotism and love of country, and to aid in 
securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. 
Section 2. That said Society is authorized 
to hold real and personal estate in the United 
States, so far only as may be necessary to its 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 51 

lawful ends, to an amount not exceeding five 
hundred thousand dollars, and may adopt a con- 
stitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with 
law, and may adopt a seal. 

Said Society shall have its headquarters or 
principal office at Washington, in the District of 
Columbia. 

Section 3. That said Society shall report 
annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution concerning its proceedings, and said 
Secretary shall communicate to Congress such 
portions thereof as he may deem of national 
interest and importance. The Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit 
said National Society to deposit its collections, 
manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material 
for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in 
the National Museum, at their discretion, upon 
such conditions and under such rules as they shall 
prescribe. 

Approved February 20, 1896. 

Grover Cleveland. 
[Thomas B. Reed, 

Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. 
r A. E. Stevenson, 

Vice President of the 
U. S. and President of 
the Senate. 



62 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Department of State. 
I certify that the above is a true copy of an 
Act of Congress, the original of which is on file 
in this Department. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, Richard 
Olney, Secretary of State of the United States, 
have hereunto subscribed my name and caused 
the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed. 
Done at the City of Washington this 5th day of 
May, A. D., 1896, and of the Independence of 
the United States of America 
the 1 20th (seal.) 

Richard Olney. 



DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION. 

Constitution. 
Adopted June 29, 1896. 



Objects. 

The objects of this Society shall be to perpet- 
uate the patriotic spirit of the men and women 
who achieved American Independence; to com- 
memorate prominent events connected with the 
War of the Revolution; to collect, publish and 
preserve the rolls, records and historic docu- 
ments relating to that period; to encourage the 
study of the country's history; to promote sen- 
timents of friendship and common interest among 
the members of the Society, and to provide a 
home for and furnish assistance to such Daugh- 
ters of the Revolution as may be impoverished, 
when it is in its power to do so. 

Eligibility. 

In making application for membership in this 
Society, the applicant must be above the age of 
53 



54 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

eighteen years, of good character, and the lineal 
descendant of an ancestor who — 

(i) was a signer of the Declaration of 
Independence, a member of the Continental Con- 
gress, or a member of the Congress, Legislature, 
or General Court of any of the Colonies or 
States; or — 

(2) rendered civil, military, or naval ser- 
vice under the authority of any of the thirteen 
Colonies, or of the Continental Congress; or — 

(3) Dv service rendered during the War 
of the Revolution became liable to the penalty of 
treason against the government of Great 
Britain: — 

provided that such ancestor always remained 
loyal to the cause of American Independence. 



NATIONAL SOCIETY OF UNITED 
STATES. 

DAUGHTERS OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED 
AND TWELVE. 

Incorporated by Act of United States Congress as Approved 

by President McKinley on February twenty-fifth, 

Nineteen hundred and one. 

An Act to incorporate the National Society of 
United States Daughters of Eighteen Hundred 
and Twelve. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives of the United States of America 
in Congress assembled, that Mrs. Flora Adams 
Darling, of New York; Mrs. William Garry 
Slade, of New York; Mrs. Louis W. Hall, of 
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Edward Roby, of Illinois; 
Mrs. M. A. Ludin, of New York; Mrs. LeRoy 
Sunderland Smith, of New York; Miss Helen G. 
Bailey, of New Hampshire; Mrs. Alfred Russell, 
of Michigan; Mrs. William Lee, of Massachu- 
setts; Mrs. William Tod Helmuth, of New York; 
Mrs. Nelson V. Titus, of Massachusetts, their as- 
sociates and successors, are hereby created a body 
corporate and politic in the District of Columbia, 
by the name of the National Society of United 
55 



56 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

States Daughters of Eighteen Hundred and 
Twelve, for patriotic, historical, educational, and 
benevolent purposes, the objects of which are as 
follows: To perpetuate the memory and spirit 
of the men and women who were identified with 
the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, by publi- 
cation of memoirs of famous women of the 
United States during that period, and the investi- 
gation, preservation, and publication of authentic 
records of men in the military, naval and civil 
service of the United States during the said 
period; by making the society one of the factors 
of educational and patriotic progress, and by the 
promotion and erection of a house or home where 
the descendants of the zealous and brave patriots 
who achieved American Independence, who have 
need of such a home may be sheltered from the 
storms of life. 

Constitution, 

We, the descendants of those patriots who, 
during the period in our National History em- 
braced by this Constitution, upheld the laws, and 
by force of arms, forever established American 
independence, do join together in a national cor- 
porate society, to be known as The National 
Society of United States Daughters of Eighteen 
Hundred and Twelve, the purpose of which is 
to preserve by publication, the records of our 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 57 

ancestors, memorials and historical data relating 
to that period; to incite patriotism and love of 
country; to promote active and friendly inter- 
course between State societies, — being careful in 
all social and official acts not to discriminate as to 
politics, religion or locality, thus binding units 
into unity through Fraternity. 

Objects. 

Section i. To publish memoirs of women 
of the United States famous for their patriotism, 
especially those of the period comprised in our 
Eligibility List. 

Section 2. To make this Society a factor 
of educational and patriotic progress by urging 
the United States Government, through an act of 
Congress, to compile and publish authentic re- 
cords of men in military, naval and civil service 
from 1784 to 18 15, inclusive; and by making it 
the duty of each State President to acquire and 
preserve documents and records of events for 
which her State was renowned, — advise the 
Historian National of these, and of any existing 
historical data concerning her State during this 
period. 

Section 3. To promote the establishing of 
a Home where the descendants of the brave 
patriots who achieved American Independence 
during the era of our National History commem- 



58 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 

orated by this Society, and who have need of such 
a Home, may be sheltered. 

Article III. 

Membership and Eligibility List, 

Section i. Qualification. Any white 
woman over eighteen years of age, of good char- 
acter, who offers, satisfactory proof that she is a 
lineal descendant of an ancestor who rendered 
civil, military, or naval service, or gave notable 
material aid to the army or navy during the War 
of 1812, or the period of the causes which led to 
that war, (subsequent to the War of the Revolu- 
tion), January 14, 1784, to November 2, 18 15, 
may be eligible to membership, provided, that 
the applicant be acceptable to the Society. 

Section 2. Girls between ten and eighteen 
years of age may join this Society, and shall be 
called "Juniors." They shall be governed by the 
rules that govern all other members, except that 
they shall be debarred from holding office, and 
from voting until they have attained the age of 
eighteen years. 

Army and Navy. 

Women whose ancestors rendered military or 
naval service in one of the following wars, or 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 59 



belong 


red to the United States army or navy dur- 


ing this period: 




1782- 


1784-1787, 


Wyoming Valley Disturbances. 
Pennsylvania. 


1786- 


1787, 


Shays Rebellion. Massachusetts. 


1790- 


1795. 


War with the Northwest In- 
dians. 


1791- 


1794, 


Whiskey insurrection in Penn- 
sylvania. 


1798- 


1800, 


War with France. 


J 799> 




Fries Insurrection in Pennsyl- 
vania. 


1801- 


1805, 


War with Tripoli. 


1806, 




Burr Conspiracy. 


1806, 




Sabine Expedition. Louisiana. 


1807, 




Naval affair in Chesapeake Bay. 


1808, 




Embargo troubles. Lake Cham- 
plain. 


1811, 




United States Frigate "Presi- 
dent" engaged the British 
ship "Little Belt" on her 
claim of right to search. 


1811- 


1813, 


War with the Northwest In- 
dians. 


1812, 




Florida or Seminole War. 


1813, 




Peoria Indian War. Illinois. 


1813- 


1814, 


Creek Indian War. Alabama. 


18 14, 




Commodore Patterson's Expe- 
dition against LaFittes Pi- 
rates. 



60 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

1 8 12-18 15, War with Great Britain. War 

of 1812. 
1 8 15, War with Barbary Powers. 

March to August, 18 15. 

Civil Service. 

Women lineally descended from an ancestor 
who was constant in loyal service to the United 
States in the Continental Congress, — or in the 
legislature of one of the first fifteen States; or as 
a delegate to the convention which met in Phila- 
delphia the 25th of May, 1787, and framed the 
Constitution of the United States; or as a member 
of the Continental Congress at the date of its 
approval of the Constitutional Convention, Feb- 
ruary 21, 1787, to September 13, 1788; or as a 
delegate to the Convention in any one of the 
eleven States which ratified the Constitution and 
organized the Government; or as an elector chosen 
by the people to make choice of our first Presi- 
dent; or in any one of the Legislative, Executive, 
or judicial offices of the United States Government 
from March 4, 1789, to November 2, 18 15. 
Appointive offices, such as treaty delegates and 
commissioners, reorganized by the United States 
Government, may be included in the eligibility list. 



DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
TEXAS. 



Daughters of the Republic of Texas, organ- 
ized to perpetuate the memories and achieve- 
ments of the Republic of Texas, which re- 
public secured and maintained its own independ- 
ence, (for nine years) having its own President, 
Congress and Ministers at foreign Courts and 
entered into the Union of States, by a Treaty of 
Annexation in 1845. 

This organization numbers above five hun- 
dred lineal descendants of those who served the 
Republic of Texas, either in the military or civil 
service. We have influenced the Texas Legisla- 
ture to purchase and park the battlefield of San 
Jacinto, and placed Statues in the National Capi- 
tal and State Capital, of Stephen F. Austin, (the 
father of American Colonization in Texas) and 
of General Sam Houston, (Commander-in-chief 
of the Texas Army which on the field of San 
Jacinto achieved the Independence of Texas — 
also first President of the Republic of Texas, 
twice President of the Republic, U. S. Senator 
from Texas and Governor of that State.) 
61 



UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE 
CONFEDERACY. 



Name 



Section i. The name or title of the asso- 
ciation shall be "The United Daughters of the 
Confederacy." And its domicile shall be the 
place of residence of the Recording Secretary. 

Section 2. Each State or Territorial organ- 
ization shall be known as a Division, and design- 
ated by the name of the State or Territory in 
which it is located, and each local organization in 
that State or Territory as a chapter of the said 
division, such chapters to be numbered consecu- 
tively, and designated by such names as they may 
select. 

Objects. 

/The objects of this organization are histori- 
cal, educational, memorial, benevolent, and social; 
to fulfill the duties of charity to the survivors of 
the War Between the States and those dependent 
upon them; to collect and preserve the material 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 63 

for a truthful history of the war; to protect 
historic places of the Confederacy; to record the 
part taken by Southern women, as well in untiring 
effort after the war in the reconstruction of the 
South as in patient endurance of hardship and 
patriotic devotion during the struggle; to honor 
the memory of those who served and those who 
fell in the service of the Confederate States; and 
to cherish the ties of friendship among the mem- 
bers of the society. 

Members. 

Those women entitled to membership are the 
widows, wives, mothers, sisters, nieces, and lineal 
descendants of such men as served honorably in 
the Confederate army, navy, or civil service; or 
of those men, unfit for active duty, who loyally 
gave aid to the cause; also women and their lineal 
descendants, wherever living, who can give proof 
of personal service and loyal aid to the Southern 
cause during the war. 



IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE DRAGON. 



Commemorating 
The China Relief Expedition of 1900. 



"Not to Conquer, but to Save." 



No one has a greater right to be proud of 
his military service than one who has served 
under the Stars and Stripes during the China 
Relief Expedition of 1900. 

To perpetuate the memory of this great inter- 
national achievement and to bring into fraternal 
touch the men whose hardships and privations in 
their successful efforts to succor their beleaguered 
countrymen in the Legations at Peking, have be- 
come World's history, The Imperial Order of 
the Dragon has been organized. 

Every Officer, soldier, sailor or marine who 
served under the United States flag in China 
between May 1900 and May 1901 is entitled to 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 65 

life membership and to wear the insignia of the 
order. 

It is the intention to make this order an here- 
ditary one — the right to wear the insignia de- 
scending to the eldest male descendant of the 
original owner. 



ORDER OF THE 

FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS 

OF AMERICA. 



Organized 1896. 

Eligibility and Obligations. 

Any man above the age of twenty-one years, 
of good moral character and reputation, and a 
citizen of the United States, is eligible to member- 
ship in the Order, who is lineally descended in the 
male line of either parent from an ancestor who 
settled in any of the original colonies, now includ- 
ed in the United States of America, from the 
settlement of Jamestown, May 13th, 1607, to 
May 13th, 1657, inclusive, and whose interme- 
diate ancestors, at the call of the Colonists, ad- 
hered as patriots to the cause of the Revolutionary 
War that followed. 

Objects and Purposes. 

To bring together and associate congenial 
men, whose ancestors struggled together for life 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 67 

and liberty, home and happiness, in this land, 
when it was a new and unknown country, and 
whose line of descent from them, comes through 
patriots who sustained the Colonies in the strug- 
gle for independence in the Revolutionary War. 

To teach reverend regard for the names and 
history, character and perserverance, deeds and 
heroism, of the founders of this country and their 
patriot descendants. 

To teach that the purpose of the founders 
could have had no lasting result but for their 
patriot sons. 

To inculcate patriotism in the associates and 
their descendants. 

To discover, collect and preserve records, 
documents, manuscripts, monuments and history 
relating to the genealogy and the history of the 
first Colonists and their ancestors and their des- 
cendants. 

To commemorate and celebrate events in the 
History of the Colonies and the Republic. 

Other historical and patriotic objects and 
purposes. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 
Organized 1866. 



Objects. 

The objects to be accomplished by this organ- 
ization are as follows: 

First: To preserve and strengthen those 
kind and fraternal feelings which bind together 
the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to 
suppress the late Rebellion, and to perpetuate 
the memory and history of the dead. 

Second : To assist such former comrades in 
arms as need help and protection, and to extend 
needful aid to the widows and orphans of those 
who have fallen. 

Third: To maintain true allegiance to the 
United States of America based upon a para- 
mount respect for, and fidelity to, its Constitution 
and Laws; to discountenance whatever tends to 
weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason or 
rebellion, or in any manner impairs the efficiency 
and permanency of our free institutions; and to 
encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal 
rights and justice to all men. 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 69 
Eligibility to Membership. 

Soldiers and Sailors of the United States 
Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, who served be- 
tween April 12, 1 86 1, and April 9, 1865, in the 
war for the suppression of the Rebellion and those 
having been honorably discharged therefrom, 
after such service, and of such State regiments as 
were called into active service and subject to the 
orders of the U. S. General Officers, between the 
dates mentioned, shall be eligible to membership 
in the Grand Army of the Republic. 

No person shall be eligible to membership 
who has at any time borne arms against the United 
States. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL 
ASSOCIATION. 



Object. 

The George Washington Memorial Associa- 
tion was incorporated in the City of Washington 
in September, 1898, for the purpose of erecting a 
building to be known as the "George Washington 
Memorial Building," in commemoration of our 
first President and his interest in higher education 
in America. Washington often expressed the 
thought contained in his various messages to Con- 
gress, and in his Farewell Address: "Promote, 
then, as an object of Primary Importance, Institu- 
tions for the general diffusion of knowledge". He 
also urged u the promotion of science and litera- 
ture." 

Building. 

This Memorial Building is to be practical in 

plan and construction, and of the most durable 

character. It is to be planned so as to furnish 

a home and gathering place for National, Patrio- 

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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 71 

tic, Scientific, Educational, Literary, Art, Medical, 
and similar Organizations that may need such 
accommodations. It will furnish a place where 
all the Patriotic Societies both north and south 
may testify to their love for the Father of his 
Country. The building will contain a great hall 
or auditoruim and rooms for large congresses, 
rooms for small and large meetings ; office rooms 
and students' research rooms. 

Financial Outline. 

We propose to raise two million dollars for 
the building, and an additional five hundred thou- 
sand as an endowment for maintenance in order 
that conventions and societies can use this building 
without charge for rental. 



THE MILITARY ORDER 

OF THE 

LOYAL LEGION 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES. 

Instituted April 15, 1865. 



Principles. 

This Order acknowledges as its fundamental 
principles : — 

First. A firm belief and trust in Almighty 
God, extolling Him under whose beneficent 
guidance the sovereignty and integrity of the 
Union have been maintained, the honor of the 
Flag vindicated, and the blessings of civil liberties 
secured, established and enlarged. 

Second. True allegiance to the United 

States of America, based upon paramount respect 

for and fidelity to the National Constitution and 

Laws, manifested by discountenancing whatever 

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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 73 

may tend to weaken loyalty, incite to insurrection, 
treason or rebellion, or impair in any manner the 
efficiency and permanency of our free institutions. 

Objects. 

The objects of this Order shall be to cherish 
the memories and associations of the war waged 
in defence of the unity and indivisibility of the 
Republic; strengthen the ties of fraternal fellow- 
ship and sympathy formed by companionship-in- 
arms; advance the best interests of the soldiers 
and sailors of the United States especially of those 
associated as Companions of this Order, and ex- 
tend all possible relief to their widows and 
children; foster the cultivation of military and 
naval science; enforce unqualified allegiance to the 
General Government; protect the rights and liber- 
ties of American citizenship, and maintain 
National Honor, Union and Independence. 

Members. 

Section 2. — Original Companions of the 
First Class. — Commissioned officers and 
honorably discharged commissioned officers 'of 
the United States Army, Navy and Marine 
Corps, Regular or Volunteer, including officers 
of assimilated or corresponding rank by ap- 
pointment of the Secretary of War or Navy, 
who were actually engaged in the suppression of 



74 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

the Rebellion prior to the fifteenth day of April, 
1865, and whose names appear in the Official 
Registers of the United States Army and Navy 
and of the Volunteer Force of the United States 
Army, or appeared upon the official records of 
the United States War or Navy Department dur- 
ing their term of service as commissioned officers 
of organizations mustered into the service of the 
United States, and not restricted to service within 
any given State, for a period of service not less 
than ninety days, or who served under the Presi- 
dent's call of the fifteenth day of April, 1861; 
or who, having served as non-commissioned offi- 
cers, warrant officers or enlisted men, during the 
war of the Rebellion, have since been or may here- 
after be commissioned as officers in the United 
States Regular or Volunteer Army, Navy or Ma- 
rine Corps; and persons who having served as 
non-commissioned officers, warrant officers or en- 
listed men as aforesaid, shall have become eligible 
to membership by descent from members of the 
Order, or officers who were eligible as such, who 
shall have died. All midshipmen in the United 
States Navy and all cadets of the United States 
Army, who while pursuing their course in the 
United States Naval Academy or the United 
States Military Academy at West Point, actually 
rendered service, and which service has been or 
shall be recoguized by the United States, Congress 
or the Navy Department or by the War Depart- 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 75 

ment as service rendered during the War of the 
Rebellion. Those elected under the provisions of 
this Section shall be designated Original Com- 
panions of the First Class. 

Section 3.- — Hereditary Companions of 
the First Class. — The direct male lineal 
descendants, who shall have attained the age 
of twenty-one years, of deceased officers not 
members of the Order, but who were eligible 
as such, and whose direct descent shall in every 
case be traced anew from the original founder of 
the membership in the Order, or from the de- 
ceased eligible officer, and not otherwise. Those 
elected under the provisions of this Section shall 
be designated Hereditary Companions of the 
First Class. 

Section 4. — Any Original Companion having 
no direct lineal male descendant, may, by writing, 
file with the Recorder of his Commandery, nom- 
inate a Companion of the Second Class from 
among the collateral male members of his family, 
descending only from his own brother or sister, 
and the person so nominated when he shall have 
attained the age of twenty-one years shall become 
eligible to membership for life in the Second 
Class. 



MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Incorporated by Congress, 1863. 

The late Brevet Major General E. D. Town- 
send, Adjutant General U. S. A., in alluding to 
the issuing of Medals of Honor by the govern- 
ment for distinguished acts of bravery, and men- 
tioning the advantages to the government and the 
appreciation of the Medal by recipients, says: 

"Impressed with these ideas, I, early 
in 1 861, urged their adoption upon 
General Scott and upon the Chairman 
of the Senate Military Committee, the 
Secretary of War, and others in in- 
fluence. * * * 

"Nothing was done in that direct- 
ion, however, until the 12th of July, 
1862, when Congress passed a resolu- 
tion to award Medals of Honor to en- 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMFRICA. 77 

listed men, which, by the Act of March 
3, 1863, was extended to officers also." 

General Townsend says the matter was pre- 
sented to the notice of the Secretary of War, 
and of Congress, in his Annual Report of October 
31, 1864. 

The first law passed, however, on the subject 
was the following, creating a Medal of Honor 
for the Navy : 

Medals of Honor for the Navy. 

Sec. 7. (Act approved December 21, 1861.) 
And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of 
the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to 
cause two hundred Medals of Honor to be pre- 
pared, with suitable emblematic devices, which 
shall be bestowed upon such petty officers, seamen, 
landsmen and marines as shall most distinguish 
themselves by their gallantry in action and other 
seamanlike qualities during the present war, and 
that the sum of one thousand dollars be, and the 
same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in 
the Treasury for the purpose of carrying this 
section into effect. 

Sec. 11. (Act approved July 16, 1862.) 
Provided, That seaman distinguishing themselves 
in battle, or by extraordinary heroism in the line 
of their profession, may be promoted to forward 



78 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

warrant officers or acting master's mates, as they 
may be best qualified, upon the recommendation 
of their commanding officer, approved by the flag 
officer and the Department. Upon such promo- 
tion they shall receive a gratuity of one hundred 
dollars and a Medal of Honor to be prepared by 
the Navy Department. 

This was followed, as stated by General 
Townsend, by the following enactments by the 
Congress of the United States: 

"A Resolution to provide for the presentation 
of 'Medals of Honor' to the enlisted men of the 
Army and volunteer forces who have distinguished 
or may distinguish themselves in battle during the 
present rebellion. 

"Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre- 
sentatives of the United States of America in 
Congress assembled. That the President of the 
United States be, and he is hereby authorized to 
cause two thousand 'Medals of Honor' to be 
prepared with suitable emblematic devices, and to 
direct that the same be presented in the name of 
Congress to such non-commissioned officers and 
privates as shall most distinguish themselves by 
their gallantry in action and other soldier-like 
qualities during the present insurrection. Approved 
July 12, 1862." 



MILITARY ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS 

OF THE UNITED STATES 

NATIONAL COMMANDERY. 



New York Commandery. 
Instituted December 27, 1894. 
Incorporated January 15, 1895. 



Constitution. 

(Extracts.) 

Preamble. 

Whereas, In the providence of God, vic- 
tory crowned the efforts of the forces engaged in 
establishing and maintaining the principles con- 
tended for by the American Colonies of Great 
Britain and, later, by the United States of 
America, against foreign foes, in the conflicts 
known as 

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80 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

The War of the Revolution; 

The War of Tripoli; 

The War of 1812; 

The Mexican War; and 

The War with Spain, 1898; and 

Whereas, The Military Order of Foreign 
Wars of the United States; with its National and 
State Commanderies, has been instituted to honor 
and perpetuate the names of brave and loyal men; 
to keep in mind the memory of their martial deeds, 
and the victories which they helped to gain; to 
strengthen the ties of fellowship among the Com- 
panions of the Order; to foster the cultivation of 
Military and Naval Science; and to aid in the 
maintaining National Honor, Union and Inde- 
pendence ; 

Therefore, the following Constitution of 
the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the 
United States — New York Commandery, is here- 
by adopted, established, ratified and confirmed. 

* Name. * 

This commandery shall be known as the 
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United 
States — New York Commandery. 

Principles. 

First. — A firm belief and trust in Almighty 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 81 

God, extolling Him under whose guidance the 
principles contended for have been established. ** 
Second. — True Allegiance to the United 
States of America **** and fidelity to the Nation- 
al Constitution and Laws. 

Companionship. 

Any male person, above the age of 21 years, 
a citizen of the United States, of good moral 
character and reputation, shall be eligible to Com- 
panionship in this Order, upon further qualifying 
as hereinafter provided. 

When duly admitted, such persons shall be 
known either as "Veteran Companions," or 
"Hereditary Companions" or "Honorary Com- 
panions." 

Veteran Companions'. — Shall be Army, Navy 
or Marine Corps of the United States, or honor- 
ably discharged therefrom, who did active field, 
garrison or naval duty in any of the wars desig- 
nated in Section 4 of this Article, as a soldier, 
sailor or marine in the service of one of the States ; 
or of the United States; and also persons who 
did such active field, garrison or naval duty, in 
any of said wars, as Commissioned Officers there- 
in, and who received their commissions by direct 
act of either Federal or State authority, and who 
were honorably discharged from service. 

Sec. 3. Hereditary Companions. — These 



82 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

shall be the direct male lineal descendants, in the 
male line, of any Veteran Companion, or of a 
Commissioned Officer, as the Propositus, who 
performed active field, garrison or naval duty, 
as a Commissioned Officer, in any of said wars 
and who received his commission by direct act 
of one of the thirteen original Colonies, or of 
Vermont, or of the Continental Congress, or of 
one of the States, or of the United States. 

Provided, That such Propositus remained 
always loyal to his cause and was either killed or 
died in service, or was honorably discharged 
therefrom, and 

Provided, That when the claim to eligibility 
is based upon the service of an ancestor in the 
"Militia" it must be satisfactorily shown that 
such ancestor was actually called into the service 
of one of said thirteen original Colonies, or of 
Vermont, or the Continental Congress or of one 
of the States, or of the United States, and per- 
formed garrison or field duty, and 

Provided, That when the claim to eligibility 
is based upon the service of an ancestor as a 
"Naval" or "Marine" Officer, it must be satis- 
factorily shown that such service was regularly 
performed in the Continental Navy or in the 
Navy of one of the thirteen original Colonies, or 
of Vermont, or of one of the States, or of the 
United States, or on an armed vessel, other than 
a merchant ship, which sailed under letters of 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 83 

marque and reprisal, and that such ancestor was 
duly enrolled in the ship's company as a Com- 
missioned Officer. 

Such service must be satisfactorily shown to 
have been performed in one of the following wars : 

The War of the Revolution, between the 19th 
day of April, 1775 and the 19th day of April 

1783; 

The War with Tripoli, between the 10th day 
of June 1 80 1 and the 4th day of June 1805 ; 

The War of 18 12, between the 18th day of 
June 1 8 12, and the 18th day of February, 18 15 ; 

The Mexican War, between the 9th day of 
May 1846, and the 4th day of July, 1848 ; 

The War with Spain, between the 21st day 
of April 1898, and the nth day of April 1899; 

That all men who serve as commissioned 
officers in all future wars with Foreign Powers, 
which are recognized or pronounced to be wars 
by the United States Government, shall be eligible 
to this order. 

Honorary Companions. — The President of 
the United States; ex-Presidents of the United 
States ; General Officers of the Army of the United 
States; not below the rank of Major-General; 
Flag Officers of the Navy of the United States; 
not below the rank of Rear-Admiral, shall be 
eligible to Honorary Companionship in this 
Order, and when admitted shall be known as 
"Honorary Companions." 



MILITARY ORDER OF THE MEDAL OF 
HONOR. 



On November 30th, 1909, the Military Order 
of the Medal of Honor was formed at the Resi- 
dence of Major General Daniel E. Sickles, with 
forty-four Charter members. Its originator 
and most active promoter was that distinguished 
Officer and General Horatio C. King, formerly 
Adjutant and Judge Advocate of the Medal of 
Honor Legion. It was the outgrowth of two 
causes : 

First. — The desire to have an organization 
in strict conformity with the Act of Congress 
which conferred Medals for particular deeds of 
most distinguished gallantry in action. The prac- 
tice of giving medals for other service of a highly 
meritorious nature, but not military in character, 
seemed not to be in the spirit or letter of the' 
joint resolution of Congress creating this honor- 
able distinction. 

Second. — A desire also to limit the action 0/ 
the order to the objects set forth in the Constitu- 
tion. 

The organization met with marked favor and 
recruited many of the most distinguished men 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 85 

upon whom the coveted medal had been conferred. 

At the first and also at the subsequent annual 
meeting Major General Daniel E. Sickles, the 
most conspicuous and distinguished survivor of 
the Civil War, was chosen President, together 
with the following staff: Bvt. Brig.-Gen. J. M. 
Schoonmaker, Vice-President, General Horatio 
C. King, Secretary, Col. N. D. Preston, Trea- 
surer, Rev. W. S. Hubbell, Chaplain, Capt. 
George W. Brush, Chairman Executive Cmmittee 
and Archibald H. Brown, Jr., of Executive Com- 
mittee. 

The Constitution of the new organization pro- 
vided that the members shall be of two classes. 
The First Class is confined to Soldiers and Sailors, 
both Officers and enlisted men who have received 
Medals of Honor authorized by Congress and 
awarded by the Army and Navy Department for 
distinguished gallantry in action. 

The Second Class consists of lineal descend- 
ants (male or female) of companions of the First 
Class, each companion to nominate one only and 
also of one lineal descendant of each deceased 
Medal of Honor recipient who was eligible to 
membership in his life time. All applicants must 
be of good moral character and be properly re- 
commended. 

The objects of the order are to promote a 
closer companionship, to strengthen the ties of 
fraternal fellowship among the Medal of Honor 



86 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

holders, to visit each other in sickness or distress, 
to cherish all patriotic memories, ever mindful 
that the Medal of Honor is an insignia of heroic 
meaning given to us by a grateful country for disr 
tinguished gallantry on the field of battle. Poli- 
tical or any other discussions foreign to the 
purposes of the Order are declared inimical to the 
purposes of the organization and are prohibited. 

At the Annual Reunion in Pittsburg in Octo- 
ber 19 10, the members present were the guests 
of honor of the Committee in charge of the 
dedication of the great Memorial Building erected 
by the Citizens of Allegheny County at a cost of 
$1,600,000 to commemorate the valor of the 
Soldiers and Sailors. The Military Order of the 
Medal of Honor was the first Veteran Society to 
hold a meeting in the building and the fact is 
perpetuated by an appropriated placard on its 
walls. At the public exercises both General 
Sickles and General King made addresses, and a 
dinner, tendered by General J. M. Schoonmaker, 
was given at the Hotel Shenley. Since the organ- 
ization six members have died: General St. Clair 
Mulholland, General Newton M. Curtis, General 
Henry E. Tremain, Col. James M. Burns U. S. 
A., Major John J. Toffey and Maj.-Gen. Daniel 
E. Sickles. 

The Headquarters of the Society are in New 
York City and the Secretary's address is No. 44 
Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



THE NATIONAL SOCIETY 

OF 

PATRIOTIC WOMEN OF AMERICA. 



Objects. 

Its objects are: 

First. — To foster love of country. 

Second. — To encourage fitting celebrations 
of patriotic anniversaries. 

Third. — To teach immigrants and especially 
their children the true meaning of the American 
Flag, and what it stands for, in order that they 
may become loyal citizens of our Republic. 

Fourth. — To extend the work of this Society 
by forming branch societies in other cities and 
states of the Union. 

Membership. 

Any woman is eligible for membership who 
will subscribe to the objects of this Society, subject 
to the rules for admission. 
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88 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Report of National Society at Annual Meeting, 
April 5, 191 1. 

"Reports of the various committees at the 
third annual meeting of the National Society of 
Patriotic Women, held in the Waldorf-Astoria 
to-day, showed that the organization has 360 
members, supports seven classes for the instruc- 
tion of foreigners, and has a balance of more than 
$500 in the treasury. 

"There are both adults and children in the 
foreign classes, who are taught to understand the 
meaning of loyalty to the flag and civic duties. 

"Initiating persons of foreign birth into 
Americanism is the ideal of the society." 

Mrs. J. Heron Crosman, the president, ex- 
plained. "True woman's patriotism is far above 
politics. " 

"The average American," said Chauncey 
Thomas, in an address on "The Army." "Is 
not up to the mark in patriotism. They do not 
understand what it means. It means carrying 
seventy-two pounds for fifteen, sometimes thirty 
miles, in twenty-four hours, the ability to take 
the rifle and shoot accurately. If he has not that 
ability the soldier will lie dead in the ditch because 
the man on the other side has it. 

"In this country, the regular school is a place 
where things are learned from books, but disci- 
pline must be learned too, and the ability to swal- 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 89 

low an insult with a smile is not taught by women 
teachers but by hard experience. 

"A boy put into the army learns the use of 
tooth brush, soap and water, he gets discipline 
and is made more or less of a man. Moral per- 
suasion without the bayonet and the policeman's 
club is not worth much. We must have author- 
ity and force." 

(N. Y, H,) 



NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 



Organized 1903. 

The Navy League of the United States, 
is a non-partisan patriotic society. Its purposes 
are to acquire and spread before the citizens of 
the country information as to the condition of the 
United States Naval forces and ships, and to 
awaken public interest and activity in all matters 
tending to aid, improve, and develop the efficiency 
of the Navy. 

The Navy League Favors an adequate 
Navy as the best guarantee of peace, i. e., peace 
and honor and justice, not "peace at any price," 
while it opposes with equal earnestness all 
"jingoism" in our foreign policy. 

The Navy League Undertakes to combat 
the systematic anti-naval propaganda of various 
individuals and organizations and of certain 
sections of the press, as occasionally shown in ap- 
parent efforts 

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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 91 

a. To prevent enlistment, 

b. To encourage desertion and dissension in 
the existing personnel. 

Washington's Words. 

"The United States ought not to indulge a 
persuasion that, contrary to the order of human 
events, they v/ill forever keep at a distance those 
painful appeals to arms with which the history 
of every other nation abounds. There is a rank 
due to the United States among nations which will 
he withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputa- 
tion of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, 
we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure 
peace, one of the most powerful instruments of 
our rising prosperity, it must be known that we 
are at all times ready for war." 
The Navy League Advocates Action by Congress. 

To increase the efficiency of the Personnel of 
the Navy by a reformed system of promotion for 
officers. 

To provide a continuing, consistent, and ade- 
quate program of Naval Construction. 

To provide a better and more efficient system 
of Naval administration, by enacting such legis- 
lation as is necessary to give effect to the Navy 
Department's plans for reorganization. 



92 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA, 
The Navy League Uses its Influence. 

For the betterment of the individual enlisted 
man. 

To urge that proper respect shall be shown 
his uniform. 

To see that he is appreciated in his true char- 
acter as a self-respecting and valuable citizen. 

All citizens of the United States of good re- 
pute, both men and women, are eligible to 
members in this non-partisan, patriotic organ- 
ization, which represents no class or commercial 
interest. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NAVAL 
VETERANS U. S. OF A. 1861-1865. 



November 1st, 19 10. 
General Orders No. 1, 

Series 1910-1911. 
Shipmates : — 

Having been duly elected to the office of Com- 
modore Commanding at the Twenty-fifth Annual 
Convention held at Atlantic City, N. J., September 
20th, 19 10, the Command was assumed at that 
time and headquarters have been established at 
2134 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. In assum- 
ing Command your Commanding Officer desires 
to thank the shipmates for their courteous and 
kindly treatment in the past and trusts that the 
same good fellowship that prevailed at Atlantic 
City will follow the good old ship until we drop 
anchor at the Port of Rochester, N. Y. 

Each association is entitled to a National Aide, 
and the Commodore commanding will be pleased 
to make such appointments as are announced to 
him. A commission will be forwarded by the 
Fleet Paymaster on receipt of one dollar. 
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94 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

It is with great satisfaction that your com- 
manding officer announces that the registration at 
Atlantic City was one of the largest since the 
organization of the National Association of 
Naval Veterans. Unfortunately some of the 
ship-mates did not write their home address con- 
sequently the General Orders cannot be mailed to 
them. The spirit which carried you forward in 
1 861-1865 hovered over Atlantic City, in the 
goodfellowship, the fraternal greeting and the 
interest of shipmates in each other. May the 
remembrance be an incentive to meet again in 
like manner in Rochester. 

Shipmates, the Quarter Deck cannot win the 
battle, but the men behind the guns who never 
know defeat, can make the cruise of 1910-1911 
profitable to themselves, and the good and wel- 
fare of the National Association. 

Fraternally yours, 
Isaac D. Baker, 

Fleet Commander and Chief of Staff. 
Lieutenant William G. McEwan, 

Commodore Commanding, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Official : 
Henry F. McCollum, 

Fleet Secretary and Paymaster, 

New Haven, Conn. 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 95 
Mortuary Record. 

Rear Admiral Francis W. Dickens, U. S. N., 
(retired) died September 15th, in New York 
City. He was retired from active service Nov. 
2nd, 1906. He was mustered into the Gideon 
Welles Association, of Naval Veterans of Con- 
necticut in 1894 and retained his membership until 
the day of his death. 

Richard Richardson of the Gideon Welles 
Association of Connecticut, died in New York 
City, Oct. 17, 19 10. He served on board U. S. S. 
Macedonia and San Jacinto. 

John F. Hart, died June 14th 19 10 in 
Chicago, 111. He served on U. S. S. Nightingale 
and Ino. He had been an invalid for ten years 
with paralysis, passing away with the third stroke, 

(Unable to supply copy of Constitution.) 



NAVAL AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE 
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 



Instituted Feb. 2, 1899. 

Incorporated June i, 1899. 

Objects. 

The objects of the Order are to cherish the 
memories and associations of the war with Spain; 
to promote ties of fellowship and sympathy 
among those who participated in the war, and to 
acquire and preserve the records of their indivi- 
dual services; to advance the best interests of the 
sailors and soldiers of the United States; to 
promote unqualified allegiance to the general 
government; to protect the rights and liberties of 
American citizenship; and to maintain the national 
honor. 

Membership. 

Any man of good repute shall be eligible to 
membership in the Order who was on the active 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 97 

list, or performed active duty (and who is still 
in the service, or has received an honorable dis- 
charge from the same) as a commissioned officer, 
regular or volunteer, in the United States Army, 
Navy, or Marine Corps, during the war with 
Spain, or in the subsequent insurrection in the 
Philippines prior to April i, 1901 ; or who parti- 
cipated in the said war or insurrection, prior to 
said date, as a naval or military cadet, or as an 
officer in the United States Revenue Cutter Ser- 
vice on any vessel assigned to duty under the 
control of the United States Navy Department, 
or as a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, 
or enlisted man and subsequently became a com- 
missioned officer in the United States Army, 
Navy, or Marine Corps. 

Upon the death of any Companion of the 
Order of Officer eligible to membership by right of 
personal service in said war or insurrection, his 
eldest direct male lineal descendant according to 
the rules of primogeniture, shall be eligible; and if 
there is no such descendant, then the male heir of 
such deceased Companion or officer in the colla- 
teral branches of his family in the order of genea- 
logical succession according to the rules of pri- 
mogeniture, disregarding intervening female 
lives, shall be eligible. 

Organization. 

[The constituted bodies of the Order shall be 



98 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

known as Commanderies, and shall consist of a 
National Commandery, to be known as "The 
National Commandery of the Naval and Military 
Order of the Spanish-American War," and of 
Commanderies in the several States, Territories, 
Colonies and District of Columbia (hereinafter 
referred to as State Commanderies) to be known 

as "The Commandery of the Naval and 

Military Order of the Spanish-American War." 



THE ORDER OF WASHINGTON. 



At a meeting held on May 13th, 1908, it was 
resolved that an order of patriotism and chivalry 
be formed to be called, The Order of Washington, 
named for the illustrious General George Wash- 
ington. The following gentlemen were present: 

Commodore C. C. Rogers, U. S. N. 

General Marcus J. Wright, Dr. J. B. Bulloch, 
and 

Messrs Fairfax, Brown and Wright. 

Whereas, It should be the duty of all those 
of illustrious lineage to preserve intact the history 
and traditions relating to the foundation of their 
country, and to endeavor to promote peace, hap- 
piness, and the general welfare of mankind, there- 
fore, we, the founders of this Order, should use 
our influence to see that our institutions are kept 
intact and free from pernicious influences and that 
freedom and liberty be promoted: Therefore, 
we whose names are subjoined do now institute 
an order of patriotism and chivalry to be known 
as The Order of Washington. 
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100 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Object. 

The object of the Order is similar to the 
Orders of Chivalry, instituted in Europe, and 
also like all patriotic orders, is instituted to pro- 
mote the growth of a spirit of patriotism, and to 
cultivate the study of history, and to preserve 
family records and other documents relating to 
the rise of the Republic, to stimulate a national 
pride, and to preserve the integrity, honor, and 
Christian manhood of our members. 



THE ORDER OF INDIAN WARS OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 



Chartered June ioth, 1896. 

Objects. 

The objects of this order shall be to perpet- 
uate the memories of the services rendered by the 
Military forces of the United States in their 
conflicts and wars against the Indian inhabitants 
within the territory or jurisdiction of the United 
States, and to collect and secure for publication 
historical data relating to the instances of heroic 
service and personal devotion by which Indian 
warfare has been illustrated. 

Members. 

Companions of this Order shall be elected as 
herein provided and for the two classes specified, 
and shall be designated as Companions of the 
First and Second Class : — 
101 



102 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

First Class. 

Commissioned officers and honorably dis- 
charged commissioned officers of the United States 
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and of the State 
and Territory Military Organizations, who have 
been or who hereafter may be engaged in the 
service of the United States, in any Military grade 
whatsoever, in conflicts, battles or actual field 
service against hostile Indians within the juris- 
diction of the United States; also the male des- 
cendants of those above specified who would have 
been eligible for membershep but who died 
without. 

Second Class. 

Section 2. The male descendants of living 
members of the first Class who shall have reached 
the age of twenty-one years. 

Section 3. No person shall be deemed 
eligible for membership in the Order who has not 
maintained a good moral character and repu- 
tation. 

Section 4. Upon the death of a Companion 
of the First Class, all descendants who are Com- 
panions of the Second Class, shall succeed to 
membership of the First Class, and as such, be 
announced in orders. 



MILITARY ORDER OF THE SERPENT. 
HUMOROUS BRANCH 

OF THE 

[UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS. 



"Order of the Serpent." Organized 1904. 

"We the members of the United Spanish War 
Veterans who have seen the mystic light diffused 
by the weird and awful Khatee Puna even the 
Great Snake who haunts the Jungle, desiring to 
more firmly establish good fellowship among our 
comrades, do ordain and establish this Constitu- 
tion for the Military Order of the Serpent. 
Article I. 

Section i.— The name of this Organization 
which shall be non-partisan and non-sectarian is 
the Military Order of the Serpent. Its purposes 
are the maintenance of a secret society to perpet- 
uate memories of the war with Spain, the incident 
struggle in the Philippines, The China Relief Ex- 
pedition and for literary purposes connected with 
these wars of our country. 
103 



104 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERIA. 

Section 2. — The constituent bodies of this 
organization shall be a national body to be known 
as the Supreme Lair of the United States, Mili- 
tary Order of the Serpent and State Organiza- 
tions known as Grand Lairs, each Grand Lair 
being designated by the name of the state, terri- 
tory or possession in which it exists. 

Section 3. — The regulations governing mem- 
bership shall be identical with those of the United 
Spanish War Veterans (hereinafter described as 
the U. S. W. V.), nor shall any person not a 
member in good standing of that body be eligible 
to or retain membership in the Military Order of 
the Serpent. 

(History and Purposes*) 

Since the first dawn of history the Snake has 
been a matter of curiosity to man. If we are to 
believe sacred history it was lovely woman who 
first conversed with the reptile, whom we are in- 
formed "was more subtle than any of the beasts 
of the field." Moses lifted up the Serpent of 
healing in the wilderness, the ancients carved it on 
their tombs in far off India, the mystic race of 
Mound Builders raised their mighty memorial in 
Adams County, Ohio, in the vast likeness of the 
Serpent, and still in the jungles of darkest Africa, 
Hayti and the Philippines, the Snake is an object 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA- 105 

out feet, with flashing scales and baleful eye, 
twining and wriggling through the dim recesses 
of the jungles, striking his prey with certainty and 
inoculating it with his deadly virus, appealed to 
the savage mind as comprehending their attri- 
butes of deity. It remained for American Sol- 
diers to render his mock homage in burlesque of 
the weird native societies, whose members have 
been "civilized with a Krag" in their endeavors 
to drive the hated Americano back in his world- 
conquering march. 

As is generally known, the ritual of the Span- 
ish War Veterans, like that of its great successor, 
The U. S. W. V., contained no hint or thought of 
anything approaching levity. It is also known 
that our lads of the Army and Navy, while serious 
minded men are still rather more appreciative of 
the humorist side of life than the average civilian. 
In the autumn of 1903, Capt. Fred M. Fanning, 
was elected Department Commander of Ohio 
S. W. V., and chose the writer as his Adjutant 
General. At the time he promised Ohio a clean 
side degree to stimulate interest in the depleting 
Order. The famous Gilmore Party had just been 
rescued from the Filipinos to the joy of our 
nation, and public prints were filled with the 
strange adventures of that party among the 
natives. 

The Filipinos Society of Katipunan came pro- 
minently to our attention and after experimenting 



106 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

with various side degress offered us by costume 
houses, which proved to be either trifling, dull 
or immoral, we determined to establish the Order 
of the Serpent as a side degree to the S. W. V. 
which had now consolidated into the U. S. W. V. 
The extensive knowledge of native customs ob- 
tained from comrades, principally of the 22nd 
Infantry, U. S. A., together with some of our 
own knowledge, help us to write up a ritual which 
is still somewhat incomplete. I do not mean to 
say. that it is not a complete ritual, but it is rather 
a ritual which suggests that the addition of chapter 
degrees afterwards would continue to a happy 
conclusion a most interesting and exciting series 
of adventures. The degree was first formally 
worked at Cleveland, January 1st, 1904, on about 
fifty two delegates sent from various camps all 
over the State. From that time on the Snake 
became a feature of U. S. W. V. camps in Ohio 
and was always worked at Department Encamp- 
ment with much splendor. Last year we learned 
that a civilian reporter was claiming some credit 
for the organization of the Order, thereupon 
Captain F. M. Fanning and a chosen band of 
faithful Snakes incorporated the Order, the 
Captain retiring from his position at the head of 
it and giving place to Captain C. E. Stroud, of 
Sandusky, Ohio, who served until the last Su- 
preme Convention at Boston, when the writer was 
elected Supreme GuGu Grandississimo. The 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 107 

Order is general throughout Ohio, and last year 
at Cedar Point was worked on many at the 
National Encampment, while at Boston this year, 
233 applicants were inoculated with the Sacred 
Virus. 

The organization consists of a Supreme Lair 
of the U. S., which is much like the National 
Encampment U. S. W. V. in its organization and 
operation. Departments are organized into 
Grand Lairs. The Grand Lair is the unit of work 
and is supposed to put on the work at Department 
Encampment or at the will of the Grand Junta 
of the Department. Local Lairs operate under 
Rits of Dispension (so called) and have power 
to initiate not to exceed 50 per cent of the local 
•U. S. W. V. membership in any calendar year. 

The Order aims to present in its work one of 
the Filipino Societies which has sworn undying 
hatred of the Americano, and has devoted its 
members to the service of Khatee Puna. The 
titles of its office are weird, and their garb is 
designed to represent native costumes. Badge of 
the Order is a Filipino cross with the emblems of 
the American Service deposed on its arms; center 
and spaces between the arms of cross bear the 
fearful symbols of the murderous Katipunan. 
(The Order now exists in twenty-two States). 

Major Walter S. MacAaron, Past Supreme 
GuGu Grandissiissimo. 



THE PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF 
AMERICA. 



Organized 1847. 
The Order. 

This Patriotic Order was first organized in 
the City of Philadelphia, December ioth,.i847, 
as the Junior Sons of America, and was com- 
posed entirely of young men under the age of 
twenty-one years. When the Civil War broke 
out a general voluntary enlistment of the mem- 
bers, in practical exemplification of the teachings 
of the Order, in its love for the old flag, com- 
pelled its entire suspension. 

After the restoration of peace it was recog- 
nized, and is now firmly established in nearly 
every State and Territory of the United States, 
so that to-day its camp-fires are burning brightly 
and its standard waving triumphantly in all parts 
of our broad land. 

By the strength of its principles and the acces- 
sion to its ranks of intelligent and patriotic 
citizens, it has acquired an influence and 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 109 

assumed a position of power and of greatness for 
good in this nation, that no opposition nor hostili- 
ty can affect or destroy. 

The membership embraces men of all refined 
and honorable trades, occupations and profes- 
sions, including many who occupy exalted 
positions in our National, State and municipal 
governments. 

In character, morals and intellect, the mem- 
bership of the organization equals that of any 
other in the land, and when the fact is considered 
that its membership is confined strictly to those 
of native birth, its progress has not been excelled, 
if equalled, by any. 

One of the most important practical works 
accomplished by the Sons of America was the 
successful realization of the idea of teaching 
patriotism in the Public Schools. 

The adoption of this beautiful idea bore fruit 
in the placing of the glorious "Stars and Stripes" 
where they would wave from the spires and gleam 
from the walls of every school house in the land. 

Objects of the Order. 

ist. To inculcate pure American Principles. 

2nd. To teach loyalty to American Institu- 
tions. 

3rd. To cultivate Fraternal Affection. 

4th. To oppose foreign interference in State 
or National Affairs. 



110 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 

5th. To oppose all appropriations of public 
moneys for Sectarian Purposes. 

6th. To preserve the Confusion of the 
United States. 

7th. To defend and maintain the American 
System of Public Schools. 

The bulwark of our liberty is our system of 
free public schools and we insist that they be kept 
absolutely free from all ecclesiastical or sectarian 
influence, and that they be under the supervision 
of local secular officers elected by the people. 

We are in favor of compulsory and industrial 
education. 

Qualification for Membership. 

Any white male person shall be entitled to 
membership in the Order if he be of good moral 
character, sixteen years of age, not engaged in 
the manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquors as a 
beverage; a believer in the existence of a Supreme 
Being as Creator and Preserver of the Universe, 
born on the Soil or under the jurisdiction of the 
United States of America, in favor of free educa- 
tion, opposed to any union of Church and State, 
and to the interference of any foreign power, 
directly or indirectly, with the government. 



REGULAR ARMY AND NAVY UNION 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Washington, D. C. 
Objects of The Order. 

To bring together and unite in benevolent and 
social fellowship those who have served honor- 
ably in the Regular Army, Navy or Marine Corps 
of the United States; to provide for comrades 
when sick or in need; to assist in the burial of its 
dead; to extend a sheltering hand over the family 
or dependents of a deceased comrade, and render 
such aid, pecuniary or otherwise, as may be 
necessary for the welfare of any of its members, 
(so far as its means may warrant) also, to secure 
that social and fraternal intercouse between com- 
rades which forms the true bond of union and 
keeps alive old friendships formed in the service, 
and more especially to suggest and encourage the 
enactment of necessary laws for the benefit of the 
soldier, sailor and marines. 
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112 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Name. 

This organization shall be known as The 
Regular Army and Navy Union of the United 
States of America. 

Power. 

This body derives and exercises its power and 
authority from, and by virtue of, a certificate of 
Incorporation under Chapter 382. Second Ses- 
sion Fifty-fourth Congress (Act of March 3, 
1897) and shall be known and styled as The 
National Corps of the Regular Army and Navy 
Union of the United States of America, and shall 
be acknowledged, respected and obeyed as such, 
and have supreme power vested in it for the 
Order. 

The National Corps shall be composed of 
Representatives duly elected by the Garrisons of 
the Order together with the Officers of the 
National Corps and all Past National Command- 
ers who may be members of Garrisons of this 
organization shall be entitled to a seat and a voice 
but no vote, except when representatives duly 
elected by their Garrisons. The National Corps 
shall have power to make and change its own 
constitution and Laws, to finally decide all ques- 
tions of appeal that shall be properly presented 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 113 

powers and privileges properly belonging to this 
governing body. It shall have power to grant 
Charters to subordinate Garrisons and revoke the 
same, and to make and change the Constitution 
and Laws for their government, all of which 
power shall be exercised in the manner and 
through the means specified in the several Con- 
stitutions and other Laws of the Corporation. 

Eligibility. 

Any comrade in good standing shall be eligible 
to the position of Delegate, and all comrades in 
good standing shall be permitted to attend the 
sessions of the National Corps, but shall not be 
allowed to vote. They may be permitted to speak 
when invited to do so. 

Officers— Elective. 

The Officers of the National Corps shall be a 
National Commander, National Senior Vice-Com- 
mander, National Junior Vice-Commander, Ad- 
jutant General, Paymaster General, Inspector 
General, Surgeon General, and National Chap- 
lain, who shall be elected at each regular session 
of the National Corps. All National Officers, 
shall be commissioned and must provide them- 
selves with such commissions by making applica- 
tion to the Adjutant General as soon as practi- 
cable after assuming their respective duties. 



SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF SANTIAGO 
de CUBA. 



Organized in the Governor's Palace, Santiago de Cuba, 
July 31, 1904. 

Constitution of the Society of the Army 
of Santiago de Cuba. 



Adopted at Camp Wykoff, Long Island, N. Y„ 
September 15, 1898. 



The title of this organization shall be "The 
Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba." 

The purpose of this organization is to record 
the history and conserve the memory of the events 
of the campaign which resulted in the surrender 
on the 17th day of July, 1898, of the Spanish 
Army, the City of Santiago de Cuba and the 
military province to which it pertained. 

The membership of the Society shall consist 
of all officers and soldiers of the United States 
Army (including Acting Assistant Surgeons and 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA, 115 

authorized Volunteer Aides), who constituted the 
expeditionary force to Santiago de Cuba and who 
worthily participated in the campaign between 
the dates of June 14 and July 17, 1898, and 
who shall signify their wish for membership by 
making application and paying the dues. 

There shall be three classes of membership, 
namely: First, Original Members; Second, 
Members by Inheritance, to consist of lineal male 
descendants of Original Members; and, Third, 
Members by Succession, to consist of those male 
blood relatives of the first or second class to 
whom in the absence of lineal descendants the 
right of inheritance to one ( 1 ) membership may 
be devised by decedent members. Members by 
inheritance shall include those who are lineal 
male descendants of any officer or enlisted man 
now deceased who was killed or died of wounds 
received or disease contracted in the line of duty 
in the Santiago campaign and who, had he sur- 
vived, would have been eligible to membership. 

Honorary membership shall be conferred 
upon all duly accredited Military and Naval At- 
taches of foreign governments who were present 
on land in Cuba with the Fifth Army Corps at 
any time during the Santiago campaign. Honorary 
members shall be exempt from the payment of 
dues, and shall not be entitled to vote. 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. 



Instituted February 22, 1876. 
Reorganized December 4, 1883. 

Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York, 
May 3, 1884. 



Any male person, above the age of twenty-one 
years shall be eligible to membership in the "Sons 
of the Revolution" who is descended from an 
ancestor, as the propositus, who, either as a 
military, naval or marine officer, soldier, sailor, 
or marine, or official in the service of any one of 
the thirteen original Colonies or States, or of the 
National Government representing or composed 
of those Colonies or States, assisted in establish- 
ing American Independence during the War of 
the Revolution, between the 19th day of April, 
1775, when hostilities commenced, and the 19th 
day of April, 1783, when they were ordered to 
cease. 

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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 117 

Provided: That when the claim of eligibility 
is based on the service of an ancestor in the 
"minute men" or "militia," it must be satisfact- 
orily shown that such ancestor was actually called 
into the service of the State or United States, and 
performed garrison or field duty; and 

Provided further: That when the claim of 
eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor 
as a "sailor" or "marine" it must in like manner 
be shown that such service was other than shore 
duty and regularly performed in the Continental 
Navy, or the Navy of one of the original thirteen 
States, or on an armed vessel, other than a mer- 
chant ship, which sailed under letters of marque 
and reprisal, and that such ancestor of the appli- 
cant was duly enrolled in the ship's company, 
either as an officer, seaman, or otherwise than as 
a passenger; and 

Provided further: That when the claim of 
eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor 
as an "official," such service must have been 
performed in the civil service of the United States, 
or of one of the thirteen original States, and must 
have been sufficiently important in character to 
have rendered the official specially liable to arrest 
and imprisonment, the same as a combatant, if 
captured by the enemy, as well as liable to con- 
viction of treason against the Government of 
Great Britain. 

In the construction of this article, the Volun- 



118 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

teer Aids-de-Camp or General Officers in Con- 
tiental Service, who were duly announced as such 
and who actually served in the field during a 
campaign, shall be comprehended as having per- 
formed qualifying service. 

The civil officials and military forces of the 
State of Vermont, during the War of the Revolu- 
tion, shall also be comprehended in the same 
manner as if they had belonged to one of the 
thirteen original States. 

No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as 
qualifying service for membership in the "Sons 
of the Revolution" where such ancestor, after 
assisting in the cause of American Independence, 
shall have subsequently either adhered to the 
enemy, or failed to maintain an honorable record 
throughout the War of the Revolution. 

No person shall be admitted unless he be 
eligible under one of the provisions of this Article, 
nor unless he be of good moral character and be 
judged worthy of becoming a member. 



SECOND ARMY CORPS ASSOCIATION. 



Embracing the Third Corps of the Army 
of the Potomac. 



Organized Dec. 16, 1892. 

Constitution. 

Name. 

Second Corps Association, Army of the 
Potomac. 

Objects. 

The objects of this Association shall be the 
gathering, preservation and publication of histo- 
rical material concerning the Second and Third 
Corps, the perpetuation of the associations of the 
war for the preservation of the Union, the culti- 
vation of fraternal relations among its members, 
and their intellectual improvement and social 
enjoyment. 

119 



120 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Non-Political Character. 

The Association shall take no part in partisan 
politics. Questions of a partisan political char- 
acter shall not be discussed or considered in its 
meetings. 

Active Membership. 

Any man who rendered military service, either 
as a commissioned officer or enlisted man, in the 
Second or Third Corps during the late civil war, 
and was honorably discharged, and who bears a 
good character and reputation, shall be eligible 
to membership in this Association. 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 

THE 

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



Organized 1854. 

In the year 1854, a National Convention of 
the surviving soldiers and sailors of the War of 
18 12 assembled in the Hall of Independence, 
Philadelphia, Pa., from all parts of the Union 
and formed then and there, a permanent organiza- 
tion which has been continuously maintained. 

The sons and grandsons of these veterans, 
being eligible, have also since joined, whose duty 
it is to aid their sires to obtain their just rights, 
relieve their wants, and secure them respectable 
and, where possible, a military burial. 

The almost utter extinction of the heroes of 
that war, there being now but few living, scattered 
over the United States, has caused the purposes 
of this Society to be materially changed since its 
original organization. 

In order to cultivate and maintain at the pres- 
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122 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 

ent day patriotic sentiments and a love of country; 
to rescue from oblivion and preserve all books, 
documents, pamphlets, papers, portraits and relics f 
in reference to a war (rightly designated as our 
Second War for Independence), waged by infant 
government against an arbitrary mother; to cele- 
brate the glorious victories achieved by our 
ancestors in such an apparently unequal conflict; 
to honor the memories and perpetuate the spirit 
of those who completed the work of the American 
Revolution, and to hand down to posterity a feel- 
ing of reverence for their heroic forefathers, who 
risked their lives and hazarded their fortunes for 
their country's safety; all male descendants of 
soldiers and sailors of the War of 1812 are now 
invited to join and endeavor to promote the pur- 
poses as stated, of this Society. 

The Constitution. 

Preamble. 

Whereas, In the Providence of God, victory 
having crowned the forces of the United States 
of America, in upholding the principles of the 
Nation against Great Britain in the conflict known 
as the War of 18 12; we, the survivors and des- 
cendants of those who participated in that contest, 
have joined together to perpetuate its memories 
and victories, to collect and secure for preserva- 
tion rolls, records, books and other documents 



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relating to that period; to encourage research and 
publication of historical data, including memorials 
of patriots of that era in our national history; 
the establishment of a library and museum; to 
care for and, when necessary, assist in burying 
actual veterans of that struggle; to cherish, main- 
tain and extend the institutions of American free- 
dom, and foster true patriotism and love of 
country. 

Name. 

The Society shall be known as the "Society of 
the War of 1 8 12, in the Commonwealth of Penn- 
sylvania." 

Membership. 

The requirements for membership are as 
follows : 

"Any male person over the age of twenty-one 
(21) years who participated in or who is a lineal 
descendant of one who served during the war of 
1 8 12, in the army, navy, revenue, marine or pri- 
vateer service of the United States offering proof 
thereof satisfactory to the State Society to which 
he may make application for membership, and 
who is of good moral character and reputation 
may become a member of this Society when ap- 
proved of by said State Society, under such 



124 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

regulations as it may make for passing upon 
applications for membership." 

"In case of the failure of lineal descendants 
of an actual participant in the war on behalf of 
the United States, one collateral descendant who 
is deemed worthy may be admitted to represent 
the said participant." 

"Every application for membership shall be 
made in writing upon such form as may be set 
forth by this Society for that purpose, which appli- 
cation shall be made in duplicate, and one copy 
thereof filed in the archives of the General 
Society." 

The members of this State Society are borne 
upon the membership roll of the General Society 
of the War of 1812. 

The word "army" is construed to include 
members of the State militia who were regularly 
mustered into and honorably discharged from the 
service of the United States during the War of 
18 12, thus becoming during the period of such 
actual service a component part of the "army of 
the United States." Record of enrollment or 
commission in the State militia unaccompanied by 
proof of United States service does not qualify 
for membership. 



SONS QF .VETERANS, UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA. 



Name. 



The name of this Society shall be the "Sons of 
Veterans, United States of America." 

Principles and Objects. 

Founded upon a trust in Almighty God, with 
a realization that under His beneficent guidance 
the free institutions of our land, consecrated by 
the services and blood of our fathers, have been 
preserved, and upon a true allegiance to the 
government of the United States of America, 
pledging fidelity to law and order, this society 
declares its objects to be: 

First.- — To perpetuate the sacrifices of our 
fathers and their services for the maintenance of 
the Union. 

Second. — To inculcate patriotism, to teach 
truthful history and to spread and sustain the 
doctrine of equal rights, universal liberty and just- 
ice to all. 

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126 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Third. — To help the members of the Grand 
Army of the Republic. 

Eligibility to Membership. 

All male descendants, whether through the 
paternal or maternal line, not less than eighteen 
years of age, of soldiers, sailors, or marines who 
were regularly mustered, and served with honor 
in, or who were honorably discharged from, the 
army or navy of the United States during the war 
of 1861-65, and whose ancestors through whom 
membership is claimed have never voluntarily 
borne arms against the government of the United 
States of America. 

Religion and Politics. 

The order being strictly non-sectarian, and 
non-political, the introduction or discussion of 
sectarian or political topics is strictly prohibited. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WARS OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 



Founded January n, 1897. 

Constitution. 

Title, 



This association shall be known as the Society 
of American Wars of the United States. 

Object. 

The Society of American Wars is organized 
for the purpose of paying just homage to the 
memory of those who conquered that we might 
live, and to inculcate and foster in all citizens that 
love of country and flag and that ambition for 
honorable achievement upon which so largely de- 
pends the maintenance of our high position among 
nations. 

Organization. 

The Society shall consist of State, Territorial, 
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128 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 

District of Columbia and Island commanderies 
and a national commandery. 

Membership in the Society. 

Section i. An applicant for membership in 
the Society must be a man not less than twenty-one 
years of age, of good moral character and reputa- 
tion, who is : 

(a) . A lineal descendant of an ancestor who 
served as a Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy- 
Governor of any of the thirteen colonies. 

(b) . A lineal descendant of a member of the 
Councils or Assemblies of any of the thirteen 
colonies. 

(c). A lineal descendant of a military or 
naval officer under authority of the colonies which 
afterwards formed the United States, from the 
settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to April 
19, 1783. 

(d). A military or naval officer who has 
served with honor as a commissioned officer of the 
United States in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps 
or Revenue Cutter Service, in any war in which 
the United States has been or shall be engaged 
or a lineal descendant thereof. 

(e). A lineal descendant of a Companion of 
the Society of American Wars. 

All members of the Society shall be adopted 
and recognized as "Companions." 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 129 

The Society shall never be used to further the 
political aims of any person or party. 

The headquarters of the Commandery-in- 
Chief shall be in the city of Washington, D. C. 
It shall hold annual meetings at its headquarters 
upon the second Tuesday in January of each year. 



THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 
UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 



Objects. 



The objects of this association are to streng- 
then the ties of fraternal fellowship and sympathy, 
formed by companionship in arms during the war 
for the Union, among the survivors of Confed- 
erate Military Prisons; to perpetuate the name 
and fame of those who perished or died as the 
result of imprisonment and in the line of duty; to 
bind together in the most friendly bonds the sur- 
vivors of the above-named prisons, and by joint 
action of its members, in every proper direction, 
do that which will secure honor to the dead and 
equity to the living; to assist such of our fellow 
prisoners as need help and protection, and to 
extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of 
departed comrades; to correct false statements 
concerning the prisons of the Confederacy, in 
order that historical justice may be done the sub- 
ject and ourselves; by all right methods seek to 
inculcate in the minds of the American people a 
proper regard for the memory of our fallen com- 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA, 131 

rades and a true appreciation of their martyrdom; 
to teach uncompromising faith in the cause and 
undying loyalty to the flag, for which our dead 
gave such measureless devotion. 



UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS. 

Organized 1904. 



United Spanish War Veterans. — Nation- 
al Encampment United Spanish War Veterans — 1 
Organized April 18th, 1904, by the consolidation 
of the Spanish War Veterans, Spanish American 
War Veterans and Service Men of the Spanish 
War, to which was added on October 9, 1906, 
the Legion of Spanish War Veterans, and, on 
September 1st, 1908, the Veteran Army of the 
Philippines. 

Soldiers and sailors of the regular volunteer 
army, navy and marine corps, who served honor- 
ably during the war with Spain or the insurrection 
in the Philippine Islands prior to July 4th, 1902, 
are eligible to membership. 



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UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 



Committee on Constitution. 

Clement A. Evans, 

General Commanding. 
IWm. E. Mickle, 

Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. 

Preamble. 

Believing that a general Federation of all 
constituted organization of Confederate Veterans 
will assist in the accomplishment of the cherished 
purposes that each body is singly laboring to carry 
out, and to more firmly establish the ties which 
already exist between them: 

We, the representatives of the following 
Camps, in general convention assembled at Hous- 
ton, Texas, on this twenty-third day of May, of 
the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety- 
five, do adopt, ordain and establish the following 
Constitution and By-Laws, revoking and abrogat- 
ing all previous Constitutions and rules of action. 
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134 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 

Title. 

This Federation of Confederate Veterans' 
Association shall be known as the "United Con- 
federate Veterans.'' 

Objects. 

The objects and purposes of this organization 
shall be strictly "Social, Literary, Historical and 
Benevolent." It will strive: 

i. To unite in one general Federation all 
associations of Confederate Veterans, soldiers 
and sailors, now in existence, or hereafter to be 
formed. 

2. To cultivate the ties of friendship that 
should exist among those who have shared com- 
mon dangers, sufferings and privations. 

3. To encourage the writing, by participators 
therein, of accounts, narratives, memoirs, his- 
tories of battles, episodes and occurrences of the 
war between the States. 

4. To gather authentic data, statistics, docu- 
ments, reports, plans, maps and other material 
for an impartial history of the Confederate side; 
to collect and preserve relics and mementoes of 
the war; to make and perpetuate a record of the 
services of every member, and as far as possible 
of those of our comrades who have preceded us 
into eternity. 



THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. 135 

5. To see that the disabled are cared for; 
that a helping hand is extended to the needy, and 
that the Confederate widows and orphans are 
protected and assisted. 

6. To urge and aid the erection of enduring 
monuments to our great leaders and heroic 
soldiers, sailors and people; and to mark with 
suitable headstones the graves of Confederate 
dead wherever found. 

7. To instill into our descendants a proper 
veneration for the spirit and glory of their 
fathers, and to bring them into association with 
our organization, that they may aid us in accom- 
plishing our objects and purposes, and finally suc- 
ceed us, and take up our work where we may leave 
it. 

Membership — Requisites — Limitations. 

Membership in this Federation shall be by 
camps. Every camp will be required to exact of 
each applicant for membership in its ranks satis- 
factory proof of honorable service in the army 
and navy at the Confederate States, and honor- 
able discharge or release therefrom. 



[THE WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS 
ASSOCIATION. 



Incorporated March 17, 1904. 

Name, 

The organization shall be called "The Wash- 
ington Headquarters Association" New 
York. Founded By Daughters of the American 
Revolution. 

Objects. 

The objects of the Association shall be the 
care and custody of the house on Washington 
Heights, N. Y. City, used as headquarters by 
General Washington from September 16th, 1776 
to October 21st, 1776, formerly known as the 
Roger Morris House, or the Jumel Mansion, now 
called Washington's Headquarters; and by all 
patriotic and Social efforts to promote a Spirit of 
true patriotism and love of country. 
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THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OF AMERICA, 137 

Eligibility — Membership. 

There shall be three classes of membership: 
Active, Associate, and Sustaining. 

Any member in good standing in Nat'l. Soc'y. 
Daughters of the American Revolution, who is 
acceptable to the Association, is eligible as an 
Active Member. 

Any member of the National Society, Sons of 
the American Revolution, or any descendant of a 
patriotic organization is eligible as an Associate 
Member. 

Any person acceptable to the Association is 
eligible as a Sustaining Member. Also in each 
class :— Lif e Members, Patrons and Donors. 



"THE ARK" AND "THE DOVE." 

Membership. 

Any person above the age of twenty-one years 
shall be eligible to membership in the society of 
"The Ark and the Dove" who is lineally descend- 
ed from an ancestor or propositus who came over 
in "The Ark" or "The Dove," bearing the first 
Maryland colonists under the command of Gover- 
nor Leonard Calvert, who sailed from Cowes, 
Isle of Wight, England on St. Cecilia's Day, 
22 November, A. D., 1633, ar *d wno settled in 
the province of Maryland. 



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ADDENDA. 

It was found impossible, on account of lack of 
time, to secure the constitutions of the following 
important Societies; but if another Edition is 
called for (and the author hopes for not one but 
many) these Societies will be fully described. The 
author therefore earnestly requests these Societies 
to forward their data to him (in care of his 
publishers) with all possible despatch. 

The American National Red Cross (1905). 

Army Relief Society (1902-4) . 

Army League of the U. S. (1913). 

National Society, Daughters of the Union. 

Society of the Army of the Ohio (1903). 

Society of the Army of the Tennessee (1865). 

Army of the Tennessee Assoc'n (1902). 

Daughters of Veterans. 

Sons of Confederate Veterans. 

Order of Pequot and King Philip (1902). 

Society of American Officers (1910). 

Thirteenth Army Corps Assoc'n (1889). 

Society of Colonial Wars (1892). 

Aztec Club of 1847. 

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140 THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES OP AMERICA. 

Caribou Society. 

Colonial Dames of America (1890). 

Society of Colonial Daughters (1907). 

The Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State 
of New York (1790, 1895). 

Descendants of the Signers (1907). 

Mayflower Descendants (1894). 

Society of the Army and Navy of the Con- 
federate States (1871). 

Naval Order of the United States (1893). 

Army of the Cumberland (1868). 

Arlington Confederate Monument Assoc'n 
(1900). 

U. S. Volunteer Assoc'n (1899). 

Woman's Relief Corps (1861-65). 

Union Veteran Legion (1884). 

National Society of Scions of Colonial Cava- 
liers. 



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